thanks. But any workaround? thanks. --- Tony Stevenson <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Melanie Pfefer wrote: > > hi > > > > I modified user in httpd.conf but as long as the > port > > number is 80, only root can start apache. > subsequent > > process will be run as non-root. > > This is expected behaviour. > > > > > any idea how to allow this user to start apache? > > To start Apache on port 80, you need root level > access as these are > privilged ports. > > You can user another account, but the port has to be > > 1024. > > > Tony > ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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