On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 02:29:03PM +0000, 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. > > any idea how to allow this user to start apache? Sounds like a task for "sudo". Otherwise, Boyle Owen is totally right. Regs, Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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