Re: [users@httpd] Is a home directory for the httpd user safe?

2022-02-27 Thread Stormy
On 2022-02-27 10:31 a.m., Tom Browder wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 09:11 Jeroen Verhoeckx wrote: Why do you need a predefined user with a writeable home directory? Because that user executes the server loop behind the reverse proxy. The program running that server uses the Raku

Re: [users@httpd] Is a home directory for the httpd user safe?

2022-02-27 Thread Paul
On 2022-02-27 8:39 a.m., Tom Browder wrote: Your query is probably too vague for a helpful response. What system are you using? What FAQs and documents have you read? What specific details are unclear? In order to run a service behind my reverse proxy I need to have a defined user with

[users@httpd] mod_md questions

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Mahoney (Gushi)
Hey there, Does mod_md require periodic "apachectl graceful" to be added to cron? The github site mentions this requirement, but the apache.org docs do not. -Dan -- Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC FB: fb.com/DanielMahoneyIV LI:

Re: [users@httpd] Is a home directory for the httpd user safe?

2022-02-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 09:11 Jeroen Verhoeckx wrote: > Why do you need a predefined user with a writeable home directory? Because that user executes the server loop behind the reverse proxy. The program running that server uses the Raku programming language which needs some default settings

Re: [users@httpd] Is a home directory for the httpd user safe?

2022-02-27 Thread Jeroen Verhoeckx
Why do you need a predefined user with a writeable home directory? I have one, but I only use it to log in the system with ssh. You can save all configuration in the directory '/etc/httpd/conf.d' (on RHEL). - Jeroen Support the

[users@httpd] Is a home directory for the httpd user safe?

2022-02-27 Thread Tom Browder
In order to run a service behind my reverse proxy I need to have a defined user with some kind of writeable home directory. The easy choice to get started is to create a /home/apache directory for my apache user. Is that safe or should I do something else? I do have my systemd service file