run program as apache

displacedtexan · 06-12-2007, 03:04 PM

Easy dumb question. How do I run azureus as my apache user?

Thanks!!

Valkyrie_of_valhalla · 06-12-2007, 03:32 PM

As your apache user? As in... the user stored in apache's password file, and not in Linux's /etc/passwd? I doubt that you can.

What you can do is add that user to your system, and then it would be much easier.

PS why do yo want to run azureus as your apache user? If you tell us exactly what you want to achieve, or more details, maybe we can give a better solution.

If I've misread your question, and you do have a system user called apache, and it's configured properly then you can open a terminal and type "su apache", enter the password and type any command/name of application you want to use it.

displacedtexan · 06-12-2007, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valkyrie_of_valhalla

As your apache user? As in... the user stored in apache's password file, and not in Linux's /etc/passwd? I doubt that you can.

What you can do is add that user to your system, and then it would be much easier.

PS why do yo want to run azureus as your apache user? If you tell us exactly what you want to achieve, or more details, maybe we can give a better solution.

If I've misread your question, and you do have a system user called apache, and it's configured properly then you can open a terminal and type "su apache", enter the password and type any command/name of application you want to use it.

I am trying to run torrentflux-b4rt with azureus with the help of this guide: http://tf-b4rt.berlios.de/azureus

I am stuck on this part:
"3. Start the Azureus-Server. Use the same user/group as the webserver runs."

I think my webserver runs as the user 'apache', correct? I am using Fedora Core 6.

So, I am trying to start azureus with the user apache, and I don't know how to do it. I have tried varous incarnations of su -apache with no luck since I don't know apache's password. Can I just reset the user apache's password and then login? Wouldn't this cause other issues?

Thanks!!

Valkyrie_of_valhalla · 06-13-2007, 01:55 PM

Hmm, are you sure that apache created a user called apache? Check /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow . If there is a user listed there with that name, then it should probably not have a password (have you tried hitting enter when it prompts for a password?). If it is listed in /etc/shadow with a password ( it will show only the encrypted password, a weird set of strings), then you could try cracking the password (aka find a good program that can brute force the string, giving the actual password so you don't modify anything).

But, first... Are you sure apache runs as a user called apache? Try starting it as you usually do, and run a "ps -aux" in a terminal and see what the user running it is listed as. Then run your other program as that user and see if it works.

I can't think of anything else right now that might work...