Chown to account running web server

rclarkofnc · August 3rd, 2009, 5:03 PM

I've uploaded some files which I need to chown to the account running the web server on SH93 (shared server). Can anyone tell me what the name of that account is? Thanks.

**DewKnight** · August 3rd, 2009, 5:06 PM

The account would be your cPanel username for that domain. In the form of user:user

rclarkofnc · August 3rd, 2009, 9:56 PM

So there's a separate instance of Apache for each account on a shared server and it's running under the cPanel username?

**DewKnight** · August 3rd, 2009, 11:08 PM

Our servers actually run with something called PHPSuExec. Basically files are run under the user rather than root, which among many things, helps to be able to identify problem files much easier.

You can read a little more about this here: PHP SuExec Explained (previously posted)
and here: http://www.surmunity.com/phpsuexec/

rclarkofnc · August 4th, 2009, 9:03 AM

DewKnight, thank you for the explanation and pointers to the great resources. I'm working my way through them now.

**DewKnight** · August 4th, 2009, 1:02 PM

No problem, be sure to let us know if you have any more questions, or if you need help with any of this.

August 3rd, 2009, 5:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
rclarkofnc Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Feb 2006 Lives in Charlotte, NC Hosted on SH93 21 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Chown to account running web server I've uploaded some files which I need to chown to the account running the web server on SH93 (shared server). Can anyone tell me what the name of that account is? Thanks. __________________ Shared Server SH93

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DewKnight Skittles Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in a space ship Hosted on dedi 7,239 posts Gave thanks: 118 Thanked 236 times	The account would be your cPanel username for that domain. In the form of user:user __________________ Russell P. - Server Analyst I Mountain Dew Knight

August 3rd, 2009, 9:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
rclarkofnc Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Feb 2006 Lives in Charlotte, NC Hosted on SH93 21 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	So there's a separate instance of Apache for each account on a shared server and it's running under the cPanel username? __________________ Shared Server SH93

August 3rd, 2009, 11:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
DewKnight Skittles Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in a space ship Hosted on dedi 7,239 posts Gave thanks: 118 Thanked 236 times	Our servers actually run with something called PHPSuExec. Basically files are run under the user rather than root, which among many things, helps to be able to identify problem files much easier. You can read a little more about this here: PHP SuExec Explained (previously posted) and here: http://www.surmunity.com/phpsuexec/ __________________ Russell P. - Server Analyst I Mountain Dew Knight

August 4th, 2009, 9:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
rclarkofnc Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Feb 2006 Lives in Charlotte, NC Hosted on SH93 21 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	DewKnight, thank you for the explanation and pointers to the great resources. I'm working my way through them now. __________________ Shared Server SH93

August 4th, 2009, 1:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
DewKnight Skittles Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in a space ship Hosted on dedi 7,239 posts Gave thanks: 118 Thanked 236 times	No problem, be sure to let us know if you have any more questions, or if you need help with any of this. __________________ Russell P. - Server Analyst I Mountain Dew Knight

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