suexec-custom(8)

💅 suexec-custom(8) — bestie edition 💅

okay so this is the manual page for suexec-custom, from the System Manager's Manual. yes it's a whole vibe. buckle up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

suexec — Switch User For Exec 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

suexec -V

This is a customized version that can be configured with config files in /etc/apache2/suexec.

And like… there's no other synopsis for usage, bestie, because this program is otherwise only used internally by the Apache HTTP server. she's not here for your command line adventures, she's here for the server. periodt. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

suexec is the "wrapper" support program for the suexec behaviour of the Apache HTTP server. It gets run from inside the server automatically to switch the user when an external program has to be run under a different user. 🔄

If you want the full lore on suexec in general, go read the online document Apache suexec Support on the HTTP server project's Web site at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/suexec.html — it's giving homework but it's giving useful homework.

ngl, this version of suexec reads a config file on every execution. So yeah, it's a bit slower than the standard suexec version from the apache2-suexec package. she takes her time. she's thorough. 💖

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🎀 CONFIGURATION 🎀

If suexec is called by a user with name username, it will look into /etc/apache2/suexec/username for configuration. If that file does not exist, suexec will abort. 💀

By creating several config files, you can allow several different apache run users to use suexec. one file per bestie, iconic behaviour ✨

The first line in the file is used as the document root (/var/www in the standard suexec) and the second line in the file is used as the suffix that is appended to users' home directories (public_html in standard suexec). 📝

If any of the lines is commented out (with #), suexec will refuse the corresponding type of request. It is recommended to comment out the userdir suffix if you don't need it. 🙈

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🔥 SECURITY 🔥

Do not set the document root to a path that includes users' home directories (like /home or /var) or directories where users can mount removable media. Doing so would create local security issues. 🚨

Suexec does not allow one to set the document root to the root directory /. she said absolutely not, we are not doing that, no ma'am. 💅

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⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• -V — Display the list of compile-time settings used when suexec was built. No other action is taken. she just shows you the receipts and leaves. 👑

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🌈 FILES 🌈

• /etc/apache2/suexec/www-data

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• apache2(8)
• /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz
• dpkg-statoverride(8)

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓💜

this masterpiece dropped way back in April 2008 — vintage, archival, still slaying, suexec-custom(8) forever 👑✨