user privileges with php (like with suexec)

[jeremy@austux.net (Jeremy Lunn)]

I am wondering what is the best way to get simular results to suexec
with php?

I've heard of people running seperate instances of apache for each
client.  Is that likely to be a messy solution?  how much overhead would
each instance be?

The other solution is to use the CGI version of php and use suexec.  I
still don't think this is as nice as just using the the php module.

Have I missed any solutions?

Although I'm reluctant to hack any code that would be running as root,
would it be possible to hack php to pass pages to child proceses owned
by the same user as the php file and if none exist create one?

Thanks,

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Jeremy Lunn
Melbourne, Australia