RE: [users@httpd] Change user for Apache web server to a non-privileged user?

2016-09-14 Thread Tom Hammond
iginal Message- From: Richard [mailto:lists-apa...@listmail.innovate.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 5:06 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Change user for Apache web server to a non-privileged user? > Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 08:16:32 -0400 &g

Re: [users@httpd] Change user for Apache web server to a non-privileged user? [wd-vc]

2016-09-14 Thread Tom Hammond
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[users@httpd] Change user for Apache web server to a non-privileged user?

2016-09-14 Thread Tom Hammond
Hello everyone, I have an Apache 2.2x server and would like to harden security so that hackers can't get in easily to the Apache webserver. One suggestion is to change the user/group for Apache to a non-privileged account. Currently the user "fpp" is the default user for Apache which has access