Mismatch between target UID (99) and UID (XX) of file

Question

I'm kind of a server noob.

I'm just running httpd server which uses Nobody as the owner of the processes. My php files are chmod as 755 with ownership as Apache:Apache.

It triggers this error Mismatch between target UID (99) and UID (XX) of file "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/index2.php"

I reckon I have to

change owners (or group?) of my php scripts to Nobody or
make httpd run its processes as Apache (for which I can't find /etc/httpd/envvars)
something else entirely?

Please advise.

Sven · Answer 1 · 2011-11-23T10:52:08.077

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The usual way is to run Apache as user wwww-data (or web or www, depending on the distribution), and likely the user Apache in your case, so I would use the second option.

What distribution are you using? Beside the envvars method, you can specify the user in Apache's config files as well.

edited Nov 23 '11 at 10:52

answered Nov 23 '11 at 10:46

Sven

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If that's the case, any idea why I couldn't find /etc/httpd/envvars as the linked answer says? – mmhan Nov 23 '11 at 10:49
See my edit, please. – Sven Nov 23 '11 at 10:52
it's using `Server version: Apache/2.2.21 (Unix) | Server built: Nov 23 2011 17:37:00 | Cpanel::Easy::Apache v3.7.1 rev9999` – mmhan Nov 23 '11 at 10:56

Mismatch between target UID (99) and UID (XX) of file

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