AOL Webserver - Re: suexec (WAS: aolserver focus)

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Re: suexec (WAS: aolserver focus)

Jeff Hobbs

2007-08-08, 1:11 pm

Jeff R wrote:
> Apache can start a new process with any uid/gid only through a wrapper
> program, and a proxy too in the case of the worker mpm. Which is not
> all that different from what aolserver would need to do if someone
> wanted that functionality. suexec is AFAIU a stand-alone wrapper and
> could be reused without change; nsproxy takes care of the lightweight
> forking part.

Wouldn't TclX's 'id' command provide this assuming you set up
permissions right for the start process?

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/do...clx/TclX.n.html

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