Thank you for your reply. Brian. -----Original Message----- From: Devraj Mukherjee [mailto:lugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 6:46 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Apache2 on Debian Hi Brian, I am not a debian user but I wouldn't think that it matters who owns the script unless the apache process has to write back to the files/directories. For example if you are running a CMS then it would matter or an application that uploaded pictures etc. Devraj Brian Street wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm interested in whether or not people running Apache2 on Debian 3.1 create > a separate user for the web directory (/var/www/xxx). > > The default install has root owning everything, but starting the web server > as www-data. > > Thank you, > Brian. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx