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Sebb commented on WHIMSY-169:
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Thanks; created PR #654
> Define PassengerUser and PassengerGroup
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> Key: WHIMSY-169
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIMSY-169
> Project: Whimsy
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Core
> Environment: data/nodes/whimsy-vm4.apache.org.yaml
> Reporter: Sebb
> Assignee: Sam Ruby
> Priority: Minor
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> The httpd config defines PassengerDefaultUser and Group but does not define
> PassengerUser and Group.
> I assume we want the Passenger apps to run as the apache user/group
> (www-data) so why not define PassengerUser/Group explicitly?
> AFAICT what happens at present is that the code checks the owner of the app
> files. If that is root, it uses the default instead. It looks like the live
> deployed files are all owned by root, so the default is used.
> However for local (test) deployments the files may well be owned by a local
> user. This has the effect of running Passenger as the local user whilst the
> rest of Whimsy runs as the apache user.
> This can cause problems with displaying the status.
> Seems to me it would be better to specify PassengerUser/Group so the
> behaviour is predictable.
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