On 10/12/05, Warren Beldad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to this list and also a newbie on apache :-(( > I just want to ask on how can I serve pages while running as a root. I know > this is a big security risk, but i really need to run as a root. ex. create > a user, etc...modify the sudoers file still no success. > i found another of this in the list last month but there are no answers.
You really don't want to do this. If you are having a problem with sudo, then you should look into how to fix that problem. Running apache as root is a very bad idea. > I change the user to root in httpd.conf and restart the service. "Error, > apache has not been designed to run as a root... If you still desire, add > -DBIG_SECURITY_HOLE to the EXTRA_CFLAGS in src/Configuration file........" > I modify the src/Configuration file: > EXTRA_CFLAGS =-DBIG_SECURITY_HOLE It looks to me like you have an extra space before the equals sign that shouldn't be there. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
