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suexec-custom(8)


NAME

   suexec - Switch User For Exec

SYNOPSIS

   suexec -V

   This  is  a customized version that can be configured with config files
   in /etc/apache2/suexec.

   No other synopsis for usage, because this  program  is  otherwise  only
   used internally by the Apache HTTP server.

DESCRIPTION

   suexec  is  the  "wrapper" support program for the suexec behaviour for
   the Apache HTTP server.  It is run from within the server automatically
   to  switch  the  user  when  an  external program has to be run under a
   different user. For more information about suexec in general,  see  the
   online  document  `Apache  suexec Support' on the HTTP server project's
   Web site at  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/suexec.html .

   This version  of  suexec  reads  a  config  file  on  every  execution.
   Therefore  it is a bit slower than the standard suexec version from the
   apache2-suexec package.

CONFIGURATION

   If suexec is called by a user with name 'username', it will  look  into
   /etc/apache2/suexec/username  for  configuration.  If the file does not
   exist, suexec will abort. By creating several  config  files,  you  can
   allow several different apache run users to use suexec.

   The  first  line  in the file is used as the document root (/var/www in
   the standard suexec) and the second line in the file  is  used  as  the
   suffix  that  is  appended  to  users' home directories (public_html in
   standard suexec).

   If any of the lines is commented out (with #), suexec will  refuse  the
   corresponding  type  of  request.  It is recommended to comment out the
   userdir suffix if you don't need it.

SECURITY

   Do not set the document root  to  a  path  that  includes  users'  home
   directories  (like  /home or /var) or directories where users can mount
   removable media.  Doing so would create local security  issues.  Suexec
   does not allow to set the document root to the root directory / .

OPTIONS

   -V     Display  the  list of compile-time settings used when suexec was
          built.  No other action is taken.

FILES

   /etc/apache2/suexec/www-data

SEE ALSO

   apache2(8),       /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz,        dpkg-
   statoverride(8)

                              April 2008                  suexec-custom(8)



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