httpd.conf permissions

Greetings,

I was asked by my boss to let a developer
directly access and modify httpd.conf.
Currently, the permssions on httpd.con is
root:other 644.
Is it safe to change it to:
smelnic:webfellows 664 , so the developer
can make his changes?


Thanks for the help.

-sm

Shawn Melnic <sham_x30 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
 > Is it safe to change it to:
 > smelnic:webfellows 664 , so the developer
 > can make his changes?

Theoretically yes, but when he change the file, you'd have to restart
apache, unless you want to give him the root password... so, IMHO,
better provide the developer with a copy of the httpd.conf file
and allow him to make the changes on the copy, then start apache using
the copy instead of the "real" httpd.conf. If everything is fine you
can swap the httpd.conf with the new one and restart apache, otherwise,
just put the old httpd.conf back.

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