Apache Perl Alternate User

vbrtrmn has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

That's probably not the best title, but anyway...

I'm running Apache 1.3.x on a basic Mandrake 9.x install.

My question is how do I run scripts as alternate users. I have about a dozen VirtualHosts setup, each is setup as a specific user and group. All of my scripts run as apache.apache, I would prefer them to run as say siteXXadmin.siteXXgroup (or whatever).

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paul

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Re: Apache Perl Alternate User by Abstraction (Friar) on Jul 03, 2003 at 02:35 UTC
Take a look at the Apache User and the Group Directive. I believe this will do what you are looking for.	[reply]
Re: Re: Apache Perl Alternate User by belg4mit (Prior) on Jul 04, 2003 at 00:23 UTC
This isn't actually a perl question, but I'll bite. There are a few ways of doing this, modern Apache comes with suEXEC. There are also third-party modules to accomplish similar things with wider scope (eg; for static content as well, beware that for the latter you have to compile Apache with -DBIG_SECURITY_HOLE and run it as root). `-- I'm not belgian but I play one on TV.`	[reply]