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Need help getting a web page to start a server.
Post 303025832 by Neo on Tuesday 13th of November 2018 01:17:02 AM
11-13-2018
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Yes, I read all the posts.
Adding www-data to sudoers in not a very secure way to so this; and it is not the way I would do this and I have been doing this for more than 15 years.
You are making your web-server user id run at super user privileges; and this is not secure.
But, you seem to not want to listen to people with 15 years experience doing what you are trying to do for the first time, so I think better I do not help you; since I have done what you are trying to do many, many times, and have never, ever given a web server super user privs for any task.
Some people just simply like to do things in insecure, not well designed ways; and not listen to those who have done it correctly and securely many times
Good luck!
Note: For anyone else reading this thread in the future. Never run your web server user id (uid) with root privileges or sudo privs (as in the "solution" in this post). Never do it. It is a huge security risk you do not want nor need to ever do. A web server should never run as root or as sudo root or otherwise.
Adding www-data to sudoers in not a very secure way to so this; and it is not the way I would do this and I have been doing this for more than 15 years.
You are making your web-server user id run at super user privileges; and this is not secure.
But, you seem to not want to listen to people with 15 years experience doing what you are trying to do for the first time, so I think better I do not help you; since I have done what you are trying to do many, many times, and have never, ever given a web server super user privs for any task.
Some people just simply like to do things in insecure, not well designed ways; and not listen to those who have done it correctly and securely many times
Good luck!
Note: For anyone else reading this thread in the future. Never run your web server user id (uid) with root privileges or sudo privs (as in the "solution" in this post). Never do it. It is a huge security risk you do not want nor need to ever do. A web server should never run as root or as sudo root or otherwise.
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