I realize this isn’t exactly a Perl question, but I received no responses on StackOverflow here. I figure this is something a true Perl user would know, so I just have to ask it here. Sorry. It’s just I barely know linux admin stuff.

I would like to create a new user to be the user that Perl scripts are run from when accessed from web browsers.

So far I have done all my work under the same name I logon to my server as, Johnny1.

But to make it easier when using the top command, I would like a new user who's sole purpose is to be the one that is listed for all running Perl processes from the web.

So I create the user Sally1.

In /etc/apache2/envvars I have listed:

    export APACHE_RUN_USER=Sally1
    export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=www-data

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And then I restarted the apache service.

However, Sally1 doesn't have permission to "write" or "create" files so my Perl scripts fail. Also, I realize that there may be future permissions which I am unaware of at the moment.

Is there a minimal command I can use, so that Sally1 is able to have all the permissions that Johnny1 has?

In reply to I need a user just for Perl script run from web browsers by bartender1382

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