-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A work around, sort of: If you are using an OS with the ability to port forward (iptables on linux for example) you can create rules to forward the port 80 connection to a high port (say 8080) that the non-root-user apache instance is listening on. You end up listening on two ports, but you get the desired effect of having a totally user owned (startable stoppable without ever being root) apache instance that is accessible via port 80. chris Melanie Pfefer wrote: > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHMIY8tqidmIdniVgRAjtMAJoCM37rSapVIHec8t7tm/QKeqT9ZQCeLskc yS2/8s/BLWdB13rzY9ZEz7M= =2F1K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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