Appreciate everyone's help on this. Joe
Joseph Vitale Technology Services Group Mainframe Operating Systems Pershing Plaza 95 Christopher Columbus Drive Floor 14 Jersey City, N.J. 07302 Work 201-395-1509 Cell 917-903-0102 -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric Covener Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:00 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Where can I locate Apache Web server for zLinux? On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Vitale, Joseph <joseph.vit...@bnymellon.com> wrote: > You hit it on the head. Much appreciated. I understand Web server > should not run as root. Not sure I can change that now w/out breaking it. Apache httpd is designed to be started as root and drop to an unprivileged userid for request processing. You can start as non-root and stay there, but it can surprisingly complicate some things. In a lot of ways, now you've created a midway-priveleged userid. -- Eric Covener cove...@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential and is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any attachment, or any information contained therein, by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please return the e-mail to the sender and delete it from your computer. Although we attempt to sweep e-mail and attachments for viruses, we do not guarantee that either are virus-free and accept no liability for any damage sustained as a result of viruses. Please refer to http://disclaimer.bnymellon.com/eu.htm for certain disclosures relating to European legal entities.
