very basic question about apache and users

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hi all -

does apache use the username and groupname that was created by virtualmin as its “login” name?

in other words, say i created a virtual-server named “virtualminIsAwesome.com”.

so naturally enough, i see by total magic a directory out there called:

/home/virtualminisawesome.com/public_html/

and if i were to do an ls -l i would even see something like:

drw–rw–rx virtualminisawesome virtualminisawesome 123 public_html/

so is apache sorta like logging in as the user virtualminisawesome when grabbing my html files, running php, etc ?

sorry to ask such stupid basic questions, but this was not covered in my kindergarten class.

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Howdy,

When executing scripts, such as PHP or Perl or Python, Apache is configured to utilize the “suexec” program in order to execute those scripts as the Virtual Server owner – “virtualminisawesome” in the example you had above.

-Eric