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Apache and multiple linux accounts

Asked by BenMorel in Apache Web Server

Tags: rhel

Hello all,

I'm running apache 2.046 on RHEL (RedHat enterprise Linux) 3.
I've got several websites, and multiple developers who will access a couple of them.
I'll create them linux system accounts, and for example :
 - user1 will manage site1 and site2 : /home/user1/site1.com & /home/user1/site2.com
 - user2 will manage site3 and site4 : /home/user1/site3.com & /home/user1/site4.com
So, site1 and site2 can communicate, exchange files for example.
But of course, user1 can NOT access user2's files, even for reading.
Till here, no problem.

BUT apache can only run one user at the same time (usually "nobody" or, in my config, "apache").
So I need apache to access all the users' files, (but not run as root), and process them with the user's rights.
In fact, I need apache to run, and run php module, as user1 in site1 and site2, and as user2 in site3 and site4.

The problem is :
- Apache can not do that (User/Group is not allowed inside a <VirtualHost>).
- SuExec provides a solution for PHP, but only in CGI mode. I need php to run as a module. Furthermore, apache will not be able to access users files (owned by the user & chmoded 600), because SuExec works only on CGIs.
- SuPHP (or phpSuExec) provide another solution, but in fact it runs PHP as a CGI. And the above problem is still there.
- I can not use safe mode, because it is too restrictive (some scripts need access to shells, for example).
- Apache Perchild MPM is a good solution, maybe the best here, because it can run apache instances as other users than apache, at runtime. But since 2000 it is still under development, and not for use in a production environment.


Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Ben
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