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I'm trying to access a network share via PHP, I understand that Apache runs PHP under the username www-data and from what I understand I can set permissions on the server to allow www-data to access the share, however I dont want to set it without a password.<br />
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I know I can mount the share with credentials as a point in ubuntu.<br />
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What I would like to do is set apache to run as a different username with a password, is this possible?
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I'm trying to access a network share via PHP, I understand that Apache runs PHP under the username www-data and from what I understand I can set permissions on the server to allow www-data to access the share, however I dont want to set it without a password.

I know I can mount the share with credentials as a point in ubuntu.

What I would like to do is set apache to run as a different username with a password, is this possible?

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