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Why run apache under it's own user name?
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By default apache runs under user nobody. Is there a reason I would want to change that? Does it make things more secure?
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No, there's really no reason to change that. Yes, it's for security. The idea is that you want to isolate the Apache processes as much as possible, so that if the account running those processes becomes compromised (e.g. by exploiting a vulnerabilit…
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