Re: [monit] Restarting Apache from Monit

[Bill Kocik]

Apache always starts as root, then switches to another non-root
account. It has to in order to bind to port 80.

(Sorry I don't have an answer to the original question about Monit)

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Eric Pailleau <address@hidden> wrote:
> Amit Gupta 15 a écrit :
>>
>> Hi All,
>>   I have installed monit in our environment from a user X. And I want to
>> monitor Apache and restart the Apache, if there is no response. Apache is
>> running from root.
>
> Are you sure Apache allow root start ????
>
> Even yes, it is not a good idea for obvious security reason.
>
> Rather use a " /bin/su - USER_X -c ..." to start Apache under USER_X user.
>
> regards
>
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