Is running apache as a root is a security risk?
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Answer / abhay
No.root process opens port 80, but never listens to it, so
no user will actually enter the site with root rights. If
you kill the root process, you will see the other kids
disappear as well.
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Answer / josey
Yes it is a big risk, it is always advisable to have it as
a sperate UID AND GID
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Answer / abner
To open a standard port (http 80) one should have "root"
privilege.
This process running as root isn't used to establish a 3 way
handshake with hosts.
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