[plug] a question

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Christian wrote:

> Out of curiousity, how does this work given that Apache runs as non-root
> and yet root permissions are needed to read /etc/shadow?  Is there some
> setuid helper app that recent Apaches include?


Actually it was my mistake.  I know you can point the AuthFile to /etc/passwd
I just s/passwd/shadow/ without thinking it through.


Yours Tony.

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