Bug#614421: apache2: virtual host rewrite log has owner root and group root

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 02/21/2011 01:57 PM, Stefan Fritsch wrote:
> Apache opens the logs as root before changing user. This is
> intentional and makes sense from a security point of view.

Thank you for the prompt response.  :-)


I'm designing a Linux/ Apache/ MySQL/ Perl content management system 
that I'd like to work in shared hosting environments (among other 
configurations).   Apache typically runs as an unpriviledged user 
(www-data on Debian, suexec, others?). So, neither my software nor the 
user will be able to rotate or delete the logs.


What is the correct solution?


David