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I spotted this in my research. From what I see, I would need to recompile Apache for this. Is that correct? if so, i would rather find a different option.
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I spotted this in my research. From what I see, I would need to recompile Apache for this. Is that correct? if so, i would rather find a different option.

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I don't believe there is another option. &nbsp;Apache runs under a very limited user on purpose. &nbsp;suEXEC is the way to change that.
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I don't believe there is another option.  Apache runs under a very limited user on purpose.  suEXEC is the way to change that.

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I implemented Suexec-common on Ubuntu and achieved the results I was looking for. No need to recompile, just configure and activate.<br />
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Thanks
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I implemented Suexec-common on Ubuntu and achieved the results I was looking for. No need to recompile, just configure and activate.

Thanks

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You're welcome, glad to help, and thanks for the points.
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You're welcome, glad to help, and thanks for the points.

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I know there are a number of ways to do this, but looking for something very simple to do.<br />
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I need to launch the following vlc script via PHP &amp;&nbsp;EXEC, as a local user. I currently can run it as www-data, but I need to launch it with a user that has a home directory.<br />
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vlc -I dummy dvb:// :dvb-adapter=0 --sout '#standard{access=http,mux<wbr />=ogg,dst=1<wbr />0.10.1.83:<wbr />8181}'
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I know there are a number of ways to do this, but looking for something very simple to do.

I need to launch the following vlc script via PHP & EXEC, as a local user. I currently can run it as www-data, but I need to launch it with a user that has a home directory.

vlc -I dummy dvb:// :dvb-adapter=0 --sout '#standard{access=http,mux=ogg,dst=10.10.1.83:8181}'

Need assistance running PHP EXEC as local user on Ubuntu

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