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Special Forums IP Networking Apache: In the beginning... Post 41213 by cerberusofhnsg on Tuesday 30th of September 2003 10:14:03 PM
Old 09-30-2003
Quote:
Originally posted by Neo
*snip*
The DocumentRoot has nothing to do with the root user. In fact, most people do not run Apache as root, to do so would decrease security.
I think what he meant was that only root had write access, which is normal. That way, if someone gains nobody (or apache, whatever user apache runs as, as it differs on distros) privledges, they still cannot "deface" the website. As this user is very new with *nix, they probably would not check for this. That being said, doing a:
ln -s /path/to/webserver/directory /www
would accomplish this, while still being ok from anyone who would gain nobody, or apache.
 

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apacheconf

apacheconf(1)						       Apache configuration						     apacheconf(1)

NAME

       apacheconf - Apache configuration utility

SYNTAX

       apacheconf

DESCRIPTION

       This  is  a  new  graphical  tool  to configure the common web server Apache in an easy and simple way. It supports the basic configuration
       options and even allows to set up multiple virtual hosts.

OPTIONS

       None

FILES

       /usr/bin/apacheconf
       /usr/share/apacheconf/*
       /etc/alchemist/switchboard/apache.switchboard.adl
       /etc/alchemist/namespace/apache/local.adl
       /etc/alchemist/namespace/apache/rpm.adl
       /var/cache/alchemist/apache/*

EXAMPLES

       To run this program simply type:

       apacheconf

SEE ALSO

       httpd(8)

BUGS

       Not all possible checks for correct values are done yet.

       The current /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file is NOT parsed, so changing the configuration with apacheconf will overwrite any manual  changes
       to  the	httpd.conf  file or the changes done with apacheconf are discarded. In case of overwriting the manually editied file a backup file
       will be generated.

AUTHORS

       Jonathan Blandford <jrb@redhat.com>
       Philipp Knirsch <pknirsch@redhat.com>

Philipp Knirsch 						       0.63							     apacheconf(1)
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