[ale] Lowering account privileges in a script

[David Tomaschik]

Probably -- I was just using it as an example.  :)  It would definitely
need to start as root to access any port < 1024 (except on systems using
capabilities).


Jeff Lightner wrote:
> I thought apache always had to start as root and it was the httpd.conf
> that told it what user to run the actual httpd accessed by users as.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> David Tomaschik
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:26 PM
> To: John Mills; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Lowering account privileges in a script
>
> Something like this should do:
>
> su -c "apachectl start" nobody
>
>
>
> John Mills wrote:
>   
>> ALErs -
>>
>> I would like to run a web server as 'nobody:nobody' rather than a more
>>     
>
>   
>> privileged user (especially since I plan to crash-test it!). How can I
>>     
>
>   
>> launch it that way?
>>
>> TIA.
>>  - Mills
>>
>>   
>>     
>
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