Hi David: > It was very wise of Hans to also recommend to create > /home/apache instead of using the default /var/www because a nasty user > could have easily accessed the .ssh directory there and gotten the > public/private keys, and the known hosts.
Well, they still do. Though the attacker would have to be able to add/edit a script on your server, putting in code that reads the files from the /home/apache dir. --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation