SuEXEC and php as Apache module

[Anon]

Hi,
We have been successfully running SuEXEC on Apache server alongwith with PHP. When we enabled SuEXEC for a host, it does work fine for cgi scripts,but not for PHP scripts. Can we use SuEXEC feature with PHP (compiled as Apache module) ? Or there is other way (not PHP as cgi) to enable the scripts run as users' uid and gid?

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The PHP module becomes part of the webserver, so it inherits the userid of the webserver.

So it is only possible if the webserver changes to the userid of the user.

[Anon]

Hi Vincent,
Thanks for responding. Yes, you are right, the module does become a part of the web server and it inherits the user id of web server (the default one) but the Suexec module is esp to change the effective user-id of the web server to the new value via httpd.conf. Now as per Apache, this is for exernal cgi scripts and so far it works well. If I use perl script instead, I get the desired user-id, but not for PHP exection, may be 'cause it's a module. Unlike php most other modules are not basically for scripting and may not be needed by the user to have their user-id (for read/write operations) Therefore I just meant if anyone has ever encountered this situation of having the changed user-ids (like that provided via Suexec) ?