caveat: I never have found time to use these commands yet.
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gleaned from an onlamp com article after "apropos group" perusal:
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ANSWER: probably)
1... edit /etc/groups (to add the group required by apache and
to give it a number (man groups , first)
2... chkgrp (if no errors found, step 1 was good probably)
3... chgrp FILE group (file, group as required per
the instructions you have about apache)
after perusing #man chgrp