> Oh man an experienced sys admin told me to do it that way. > Please tell me what is wrong in this and where is this documented on Apache > docs. > I want to read. This is a general principle -- don't grant more access than necessary. Apache doesn't need to own files to be able to serve (read) them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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