Re: Re: Using Unix passwd/shadow to authenticate in perl

Apache is generally started as root (it needs to be root to bind to a low port, port 80) and changes its effective UID at the earliest opportunity.

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Re: Using Unix passwd/shadow to authenticate in perl by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Sep 26, 2003 at 09:49 UTC
I know that. But he didn't say "apache", he said "the apache user". When Apache is running as root, it can open /etc/shadow. But then it's running a root, not as "the apache user". Abigail	[reply]