Tim Edwards wrote: > > * Use some kind of module that allows apache to spawn a sub-process > running as the user who logged in through mod_auth_shadow. Does such a > module exist? >
We have some patches against apache to do something similar to this using a modified mod_dav with a privilege separation mechanism similar to openssh. In this model, apache still runs as an unprivileged process and it sends privileged file-system requests overs a unix socket to a pre-spawned privileged monitor process. This means you get all the benefits of mod_dav but with the addition of unix authentication, permissions and quotas, etc. http://privsep.org/ModPrivsepDocs The 2.2 series patches are still experimental but the 1.3.x patches we have been running in production for some years now. I will have some production quality patches for 2.2 coming out very soon now. http://privsep.org/ModPrivsepPatches The 1.3.41 version includes a script to download apache, mod_ssl and mod_dav sources and to patch them (not required for 2.2 since mod_dav and mod_ssl are now included). The docs for the 1.3.41 patch are here: http://privsep.org/patches/1.3.41/README.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
