Re: Document root - apache

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

ebinc wrote:

> I moved apache's document root to /home/www set permissions at 755, and then
> deleted /var/www. Should I keep things as they are (user www) (group www)? I
> also changed the user and group that apache runs under in /etc/ httpd/
> config, to (user www) (group www) does anybody see some security problem
> with this? or maybe  just that its not right?


Provided /home/www has read permissions for user www and/or group www
that should be fine.  I don't see a problem.

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