[Resolved] Does php run as root?????

appied

Hi,

Stupid question, but i didn't find an answer:

i run a script with phpinfo();
I see the ENV_USER = root

Apache does not run as root (of course);

Can anyone shed some light on this??

stolzyboy

acc'ding to my local install, winxp... apache is running as system... and on some remote sites i have, if you do a "top" in ssh/telnet... httpd is running as root

appied

Well, I am running on Linux.
But if httpd is running as root, what is the use of setting a name and group in the httpd.conf ?

And isn't it a VERY! great risk to have php run as root? Since all fileoperations are run as root also then??

You see, i am a bit concerned in this one... I'd rather see that php is running as "appelache" or something...?

stolzyboy

i suppose, depending on which version of PHP you have, as in CGI or the Apache Module, you can control what PHP runs as...

but... assuming Apache runs as root (which it does on *nix boxes i have sites hosted on), i would assume that the PHP module version would run as root as well, however just because it runs as root, does NOT mean it has ALL permissions available to it, that can still be set by directory...

now, the CGI version, i'm unsure of, since i never use that version, but that is essentially a separate process runnning, so that "may" run as web, apache, or another group.