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add www-data user

well i'm running slackware 9 atm... apache, php, mysql all that stuff installed.. but the problem is.. httpd is running with nobody user.. i think that's also the reason i can't look in subdirectories of my /var/www/htdocs dir.. i read in httpd.conf that i need to add a new user.. but how exactly do i do that?? in debian the user is allready made, but not in slackware :s.. what rights do i give that user?

Thank you...

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httpd is running with nobody user

Shouldn't be a problem. It almost doesn't matter. Really it matters most when you combine apache with other services (like FTP), then you have to give more concern for what user apache is running as.

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i can't look in subdirectories of my /var/www/htdocs dir

You can't look? Howso? You mean you're unable to cd into that directory and hit ls and see a file listing?

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i read in httpd.conf that i need to add a new user

I don't think it's necessary.

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but how exactly do i do that??

useradd www-data

See also...

man useradd or man adduser

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what rights do i give that user?

If you're going to run apache as this user, you should give the user as few permissions as possible. What that means is, don't give him a shell for login purposes, don't make "him" the owner of any files or directories.