SUEXEC problem

Virtualmin
#1

Hi all,

after search and applying all the tips (like reinstall) that I found in this forum (and others) I still have trouble with suexec. This is the output of it :

/usr/lib/apache2: ./suexec2 -V

-D AP_DOC_ROOT="/var/www"
-D AP_GID_MIN=100
-D AP_HTTPD_USER="www-data"
-D AP_LOG_EXEC="/var/log/apache2/suexec.log"
-D AP_SAFE_PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
-D AP_UID_MIN=100
-D AP_USERDIR_SUFFIX="public_html"

But shouldn’t it read -D AP_DOC_ROOT="/home" ?

I never got a suexec downloaded that fit that line. I am running :

Operating system Ubuntu Linux 6.06.1
Webmin version 1.401
Virtualmin version 3.52 (Pro)

Webmin/virualmin just updated thinking it might fix the issue, but it gave me the above suexec back.

Please help

Uwe

#2

If you also enable the apache module "userdir" the /home/public_html which is the default location for VM websites it will work.

#3

Hi sgrayban,

If you also enable the apache module "userdir" the /home/public_html which is the default location for VM websites it will work.

Thanks for your help!

It is enabled. And if I delete/move the installed suexec2 everything seems to work but there is no user switching (obviously) and I want to have that for more security.

Uwe

#4

Try using apt-get to update apache2 (apt-get install apache2). For some reason that I’ve yet to determine apt-get will sometimes ignore our Apache package during installation. You may even have to force it to use our repository instead of the default.

#5

Hi Joe,

thanks for pitching in.
I tried that, but it looks like its pulling it from here :
archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main apache2 2.0.55-4ubuntu2.3

I tried forcing it by re-sorting sources.list but no luck. Any other idea to force it? And also, do I still need to uninstall apache2 before I try it again?

Thanks Uwe

#6

Hi,

just to update and close the thread.

I ended up reinstalling the sever and also switching from ubuntu to centos. It installs fine, just a few little setup bugs here and there (postfix,dovecot) which were easy to handle in minutes.

Solved the problem and I have it now on a second vps.

Uwe

#7

Hi Uwe,

could you please tell me what problems you had with Postfix and Dovecot? I’m failing to get my server to work correctly. CentOS 5.1, VM Pro.

Thanks

Gerald

#8

Hi Gerald,

just post whats not working on your machine. One of the fixes I had to do is posted here : http://www.virtualmin.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=77&func=view&id=9640&catid=8#9640
Which fixes a dovcot problem I also had. In postfix the limits for mailbox size and message size were not set correctly giving error messages, easy fix.

Uwe

#9

Uwe,

Thanks for your reply, but I got it to work myself.

All the best

Gerald

#10