Using suEXEC is discouraged in the docs describing it.

I don't run a shared ISP, so I can't be absolutely positive, but it seems every Server account that I've ever had, used suexec. I get a public_html directory, and when I connect, I am running as the owner of that home directory. Now I must admit, that maybe they work some magic the "virtual hosts configuration", to let apache run as user in a homedir, without suexec, but it sure acts like suexec. This link shows apache running as zentara, not nobody.

But in any event, trying to do backups to cd/dvd, through a cgi script is NOT a good idea. SSH should be used. Well maybe if he is using https with some sort of access restriction, he could get away with it.

Since the OP is talking about sudo'ing to root, to make his cd's, he must have a dedicated remote server, so there should be no problem with him using ssh.

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In reply to Re^3: Permissions for a cgi script by zentara
in thread Permissions for a cgi script by ghenry

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