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How to find out what user Apache is running as?
Use lsof and pass the port apache is listen to as an argument. See the USER column for the user appache is running as. I found this command in CakePHP docs. Now HTTPDUSER holds the username of the user who runs the server, echo $HTTPDUSER in my case outputs www-data –using rlerdorf/php7dev.
How to find MySQL process list and to kill those processes?
So, for that we’ve to go with some trick: 1 Login to MySQL; 2 Run a query Select concat (‘KILL ‘,id,’;’) from information_schema.processlist where user=’user’; to print all processes with KILL command; 3 Copy the query result, paste and remove a pipe | sign, copy and paste all again into the query console. HIT ENTER. BooM it’s done.
Who is the default user for Apache 2?
According to the ubuntuforums.org, on Ubuntu the default user for apache2 is www-data. Seen to be true on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy. From Lars Noodén on the above forum.
How to manage PHP application’s users and passwords?
Almost all large PHP applications, as well as many small ones, have a notion of user accounts, and, whether we like it or not, they typically use passwords (or at best passphrases) to authenticate the users. How do they store the passwords (to authenticate against)?
What to do if Apache is running as root?
You don’t need to, but if Apache is running as root there are security issues. Thirdly, changing the user of Apache will change his rights to access some directories. You need to make sure that /var/www (or wherever you have your websites) is accessible to the new user and group.
Why is Apache default user and group different?
This is for security reasons as even an exploit to a poorly written PHP or Perl script will not escalate and cause much harm to the system. Default user and group for Apache process in different distribution is normally different.
How to change Apache user and group directive?
Open Apache ‘s configuration file using your preferred text editor. Find User and Group directives in Apache ‘s configuration file. Set the value to existing user and group that you want Apache process to run as.