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After installing XAMPP for linux i have seen the folder "htdocs" belongs to "nobody".

Hi,

after installing XAMPP for linux i have seen the folder "htdocs" belongs to "nobody".

Has this any intention?

Do you think owning that folder is a good practice?

Regards

Javi

This thread really belongs in "Linux-Server" or "Linux-General" and not "Programming".

The answer will depend on which user runs the apache process on your system. When
you run "ps -ef | grep http", who is the owner?

Cheers,
Tink

P.S.: I've reported the post to be moved to a more suitable forum.

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Originally Posted by Tinkster (Post 3900775)

Thanks, this is the output of the command you say:

root 7599 1 0 11:17 ? 00:00:01 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log

Quote:

nobody 7621 7599 0 11:17 ? 00:00:00 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 7677 7599 0 11:17 ? 00:00:02 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 7679 7599 0 11:17 ? 00:00:01 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 7680 7599 0 11:17 ? 00:00:00 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 7681 7599 0 11:17 ? 00:00:02 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 8239 7599 0 11:20 ? 00:00:01 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 8248 7599 0 11:20 ? 00:00:03 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 8249 7599 0 11:20 ? 00:00:02 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 8250 7599 0 11:20 ? 00:00:00 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 8251 7599 0 11:20 ? 00:00:05 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
nobody 10511 7599 0 12:23 ? 00:00:04 /opt/lampp/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -DPHP5 -E /opt/lampp/logs/error_log
1000 27986 7525 0 20:32 pts/0 00:00:00 grep http

Well ... with "nobody" running pache the ownership should make sense, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by Tinkster (Post 3900911)

Well ... with "nobody" running pache the ownership should make sense, I reckon.

Sorry i dont understand..

Your apache is run by user "nobody". So it's not only reasonable
but essential that htdocs be owned by "nobody".

To be even more explicit, there is a userid called "nobody". It's a valid userid, just like "root" or "mail" or "uucp", or whatever.