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Asked: 2012-01-09 20:39:19 +0800 CST

How do I change the user that the Apache web server runs under in CentOS?

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I have one directory called apps/cache. When a script writes some files to that directory those files are owned by the nobody user. Of course, then those files and folders are not editable by any user.

Is there any way that I can change the user nobody?

centos apache-2.2 permissions web-server

4 Answers

  1. Use suEXEC within Apache to run your scripts as an appropriate user.

    Also, consider learning a lot about setuid. A lot.

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  2. Check your configuration (apache) for the directive User. This is where you set the user apache starts and operates in the first place.

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  3. check these variables in your configuration folder and change accordingly

    x@x:~$ grep www-data /etc/apache2/ -R
/etc/apache2/envvars:export APACHE_RUN_USER=www-data
/etc/apache2/envvars:export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=www-data
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  4. Some Centos setups may have Apache settings under "httpd"

    1. make a backup of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
    2. edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

    3. find the lines starting with User and Group - create them if they don't exist.

      User mycustomapacheuser
Group mycustomapachegroup
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