XAMPP server on Linux uses "nobody" user

Question

I have XAMPP server installed on Red hat . I find the when ever I execute PHP scripts it executes from the owner of "nobody".

Now the problem is I need to use sudo to run some process inside the PHP script . if i use sudo , this owner "nobody" doesnt have the permission .

How do I run the scripts with different owner name ?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '09 at 12:38

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You should avoid XAMPP. RedHat, like any common distro already provides Apache, MySQL and PHP with real security support and correct integration. http://www.apachefriends.org/fr/xampp-linux.html#1053

What you want is probably this sudo parameter, but I don't think it's a good idea too:

nobody ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/youcmd

answered Dec 18 '09 at 12:38

Gonéri

Agreed - XAMPP is meant to be used on a desktop machine as a development environment. It's folly to use it in production. – EEAA Dec 18 '09 at 15:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '09 at 12:54

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You should use your in built operating system's packages. That will set things up so that things run on the right permissions.

answered Dec 18 '09 at 12:54

Amandasaurus

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