Note that bartender1382 has given no background as to why on earth they want to do this in the first place. It does seem like making work for no good reason when there is a perfectly valid single-use user already dedicated to apache in pretty much every O/S. It sounds very much like an XY problem to me.

Actually I did, I want a dedicated user to run all the perl scripts, so when I use the top command (debugging forks, etc.) it is easier of me to single outage processes for just that user.

Not sure who the "perfectly valid single-use user" that's already in existence.

Again, I am Johnny1 who setup the server, created paths, edited .htaccesses, installed all, etc. etc. But my knowledge in linux in limited to just that, setup. So if I could created that user, to place in the enviers file, it would just make my daily work easier.

In reply to Re^4: I need a user just for Perl script run from web browsers by bartender1382
in thread I need a user just for Perl script run from web browsers by bartender1382

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