• hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        Forgive me my ignorance, but since Apache is running as root, couldn’t PHP inherit it’s permissions?

        • lawrence@lemmy.worldOPM
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          3 months ago

          The Apache main process runs as root. When it receives a request, it spawns a child process that doesn’t run as root. PHP runs as the same user as the Apache child process.

          • jollyrogue
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            3 months ago

            Or PHP runs in its own fastcgi like process under a different account.