On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:43:55 +0100, Remi Delon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This allows us to use the trick described on this page:
> http://www.cherrypy.org/wiki/BehindApache (look for "autostart.cgi") to
> have Apache restart the server automatically if it ever goes down.
> 

A main disadvantage of using apache to start the HTTP server is
process UID.  The HTTP server will be started under the UID of the
webserver. 'suid' is a security risk as it requires apache to be run
as root.


-- 
Sridhar Ratna - http://www.livejournal.com/users/seedar/
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