Who is www-data user?

Who is www-data user?

www-data is the user that web servers on Ubuntu (Apache, nginx, for example) use by default for normal operation. The web server process can access any file that www-data can access. Some web servers run as www-data.

What user should PHP FPM run as?

PHP-FPM user (as known as the website user) The PHP-FPM user should be a special user that you create for running your website, whether it is Magento, WordPress, or anything.

What user runs Apache?

Apache user is typically the user that the apache httpd server uses when running. It uses this “apache” user to avoid having to use a “human” user, and to avoid having to run as root.

What is PHP FPM user?

Php fpm is the new way to setup php to run with your webserver. Php-fpm is a fastcgi process manager for php that is totally separate from the webserver. The webserver communicates with fpm through a socket and passes the name of the script to execute. So fpm can run with any web server that is fastcgi compatible.

How do I start php-fpm in Ubuntu?

On Ubuntu 16 with php 5.6 fpm. Open ActivityMonitor, search php-fpm, find the pid. Then php-fpm on terminal to start it.

Can a PHP program be run by any user?

If a process can be run by any user it can be run by PHP. Example is fortune command Look at the x permission for every user. But this some times doesn’t at all work and you may have to let the user, www-data or apache etc, run the program. You can sudo www-data and try to run the command. If it works then Apache/PHP should be able to run it.

Who is the website user in PHP FPM?

PHP-FPM user (as known as the website user) The PHP-FPM user should be a special user that you create for running your website, whether it is Magento, WordPress, or anything. Its characteristics are the following: This is the user that PHP-FPM will execute scripts with

How to run bash script from PHP as specific user?

Unfortunately rhythmbox-client didn’t know what environment to control, so the bash script looks like this: Now that bash script can be executed by PHP and wwwuser, and my phone can pause/play my music! You will, obviously, need to setup sudo (8) to allow the user running your webserver to invoke it.

How does a PHP script work on a phone?

The overall application is that when my phone goes off-hook it calls my PHP script which pauses music, and resumes playback when the phone is on-hook. I love VoIP phones!