pine oil wrote: > Can someone explain to me whether or not it matters for me to use any name > for the user and group in the httpd.conf? > > What does the user and group entry in the configuration file? Under windows they're ignored. Under Unix, if you start the server as root, the children will be started as this user/group. If you start as non-root, the directives are basically ignored, since a normal user can't switch ID. Joost --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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