running as user (apache 2.0.48, linux 2.4)

Davide Bianchi wrote:
 > Thomas Jollans <nospam DeleteThis @jollans.com> wrote:
 >
   >>>(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
  >>
  >>no httpd was running at that time and when I rie running as root, all
 >
 >
 > To open a port < 1024 you need to be a privileged user, Apache runs
 > on port 80, so he require to start as root.
 >
How do i privilege a user?
 >
  >>By the way, how do i start apache in boot time (mandrake linux 9.2,
  >>kernel 2.4)?
 >
 >
 > Make a link from /etc/rc.d/rc3.d called S99apache to
 > /where/is/apache/bin/apachectl
 >
Sorry, but how do I do a "link"? Can I call it as a different user than
root (or whoever runs init)(I am still relatively new to linux)
 > Davide
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Thomas Jollans <nospam.TakeThisOut@jollans.com> wrote:
 > How do i privilege a user?

You don't. There is SUDO that allow a user to run a program with
superuser privileges, or you just use root to start apache.

 > Sorry, but how do I do a "link"?

Using the 'ln' command (link), man ln for the whole story, in short:
ln -s /where/is/apache/bin/apachectl /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S99apache

 > Can I call it as a different user than root (or whoever runs init)

No. During initialization all the scripts are run as root.

But exactly, what's your problem? why you want to run apache as a
different user?

 > (I am still relatively new to linux)

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.tldp.org" target="_blank">www.tldp.org</a> is that way --->.
Davide


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