You don't have to run Apache 2.0 as root in order to provide webdav capability... ...If you are running as user 'nobody', just ensure that the directory tree that is dav enabled is owned by user 'nobody'.
-tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Ouimet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 8:11 AM > To: Apache dev mailing list (E-mail) > Subject: Webdav > > > > Hi folks, > I'm an network administrator using webdav to share > users folder and im running it as root since user need to > create, move, copy, delete files. I was wondering first is > there a patch or any hack to lower down priviledge because I > dislike my server having apache 2.0 running as root. If it > doesnt seem to exists i'll code one. So the question is, if > I start a patch to lower down down webdav privilege will I > loose my time? > > Martin Ouimet >
