* Joshua Slive wrote: > Check out the subject line: it's both grammatically twisted and > just plain unintelligible. > > Here is the problem: in my work on mod_dav docs, I need to express the > concept of things that Apache controls using the User and Group specified > in httpd.conf (like the dav lock database and the dav repository). I > decided to be very explicit and refer to User and Group so that users > would know exactly where to look to find the correct permissions. But > User and Group are actually mpm dependent. All unix mpms currently use > them, but they may not in the future. Windows and netware mpms do not use > them. On windows we have "the user designated to run the apache service" > or some such thing. > > So the question is, how do we refer to such things in a way that is > specific and direct, but general enough to cover all apache users. > > One possibility is to develop some specific terminology to cover this > user, define it, and use it consistently. The disadvantage to this > approach is that it adds an extra level of abstraction that must be > navigated by users. The subject line is one example, but I hate it. Any > other ideas?
Hmm. What about such terms (chosen by context) like "httpd system user", "httpd system permissions"? I'm also not sure about these, but I agree, that the "Credentials" thing is not the best solution (and furthermore hard to translate, at least to German ;-) nd -- s;.*;aaaaaoaaaoaaaaooooaaoaaaomaaaa:a:alataa:aaoat:a:a:a maoaa:a:laoata:a:oia:a:o:a:m:a:o:alaoooat:aaool:aaoaa matooololaaatoto:aaa:o:a:o:m;;s:\s:\::g;y;mailto:; \40\51/\134\137|ndparker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;;print; --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
