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| author | Joshua Slive <slive@apache.org> | 2004-03-23 03:53:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Joshua Slive <slive@apache.org> | 2004-03-23 03:53:49 +0000 |
| commit | 54ee313f5e5a2c74c123d63388348edcc49533ea (patch) | |
| tree | fa3c42a8cc5a683c79270d6f8d84e67d1c7e5674 /docs/manual/suexec.xml | |
| parent | 6c939e54d31bf9b22088cd9eb92510f7a5b8880a (diff) | |
| download | httpd-54ee313f5e5a2c74c123d63388348edcc49533ea.tar.gz | |
Backport:
Mention that mod_userdir is required for suexec to work
in user directories.
PR: 25477
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/APACHE_2_0_BRANCH@103093 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual/suexec.xml')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/suexec.xml b/docs/manual/suexec.xml index 721b5b480a..16fb4f779b 100644 --- a/docs/manual/suexec.xml +++ b/docs/manual/suexec.xml @@ -517,6 +517,11 @@ <section id="usage"><title>Using suEXEC</title> + <p>Requests for CGI programs will call the suEXEC wrapper only if + they are for a virtual host containing a <directive + module="mod_suexec">SuexecUserGroup</directive> directive or if + they are processed by <module>mod_userdir</module>.</p> + <p><strong>Virtual Hosts:</strong><br /> One way to use the suEXEC wrapper is through the <directive module="mod_suexec">SuexecUserGroup</directive> directive in @@ -529,16 +534,15 @@ type="section">VirtualHost</directive> then the main server userid is assumed.</p> - <p><strong>User directories:</strong><br /> - The suEXEC wrapper can also be used to execute CGI programs as - the user to which the request is being directed. This is - accomplished by using the "<strong><code>~</code></strong>" - character prefixing the user ID for whom execution is desired. - The only requirement needed for this feature to work is for CGI - execution to be enabled for the user and that the script must - meet the scrutiny of the <a href="#model">security checks</a> - above.</p> -</section> + <p><strong>User directories:</strong><br /> Requests that are + processed by <module>mod_userdir</module> will call the suEXEC + wrapper to execute CGI programs under the userid of the requested + user directory. The only requirement needed for this feature to + work is for CGI execution to be enabled for the user and that the + script must meet the scrutiny of the <a href="#model">security + checks</a> above. See also the + <code>--with-suexec-userdir</code> <a href="#install">compile + time option</a>.</p> </section> <section id="debug"><title>Debugging suEXEC</title> |