Running Vhosts Under Separate UIDs/GIDs With Apache2 mpm-itk On Ubuntu 9.04 This article explains how you can install and configure apache2-mpm-itk on an Ubuntu 9.04 server. apache2-mpm-itk is an MPM (Multi-Processing Module) for the Apache 2 web server. mpm-itk allows you to run each of your vhost under a separate UID and GID – in …
Tag Archives: suphp
PLESK Run PHP as User
Apache modules mpm-itk and mod_ruid2 can also run virtual hosts as their users. SuPHP uses much more CPU and memory resources than mpm-itk or mod_ruid2.
Using suPHP by default in apache
These days, I am finding it harder and harder to justify mod_php as the default behavior of an apache webserver over the advantages of mod_suphp. A lot of this has to do with my clients and their everyday needs, but I’ve become a pretty strong proponent of mod_suphp as the default for a server and …
suPHP
suPHP is a tool for executing PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners. It consists of an Apache module (mod_suphp) and a setuid root binary (suphp) that is called by the Apache module to change the uid of the process executing the PHP interpreter.