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Re: separate user per website?



 Lars Nielsen wrote:
> I am running my own server with lenny, apache and php. Now I have
> several websites that only I are going to update. Is it fine to run
> those under the same userlogin and use virtualhosts or should I create a
> separate user for each website?
> Is it posible to maintain a secure server using a single user with
> several websites?

It is possible, though it's kinda down to how much you trust the code
for each site. Running each under it's own user (using suPHP or similar)
does limit damage if one of the sites turns out to be insecure.


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