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- <title>suexec - Switch user before executing external programs</title>
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- <summary>
- <p><code>suexec</code> is used by the Apache HTTP Server to switch
- to another user before executing CGI programs. In order to achieve this,
- it must run as <code>root</code>. Since the HTTP daemon normally doesn't
- run as <code>root</code>, the <code>suexec</code> executable needs the
- setuid bit set and must be owned by <code>root</code>. It should never be
- writable for any other person than <code>root</code>.</p>
-
- <p>For further information about the concepts and and the security model
- of suexec please refer to the suexec documentation (<a
- href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/suexec.html"
- >http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/suexec.html</a>).</p>
- </summary>
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- <section id="synopsis"><title>Synopsis</title>
- <p><code><strong>suexec</strong> -<strong>V</strong></code></p>
- </section>
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- <section id="options"><title>Options</title>
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- <dl>
- <dt><code>-V</code></dt>
-
- <dd>If you are <code>root</code>, this option displays the compile options of
- <code>suexec</code>. For security reasons all configuration options are
- changeable only at compile time.</dd>
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- </dl>
- </section>
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