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Why is www-data in sudo? Pretty sure that is not default :)
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Oct 3, 2022
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What user PHP should run as?
Right now, on my Apache2 + PHP8 (FPM) users are as follows: Apache runs as www-data, PHP runs as me (the one I am logging into the Debian server with).
I don't think this is a very good practice, since this user also is a sudoer, also I don't really want PHP to run as www-data (as others state in other forums, it is insecure).
So, what user PHP should be running as?
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@Sinnbeck www-data is not in sudo. PHP runs not as www-data, but as my user (let's say hungrybus), thus creates files as hungrybus:www-data. Hungrybus is in sudo, not www-data
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@HungryBus You can create a new "dummy" user to do the pulling and running of the webserver. Thats what I normally do :)
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Give this guide a read https://www.howtoforge.com/install-lamp-stack-on-debian-11/
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@Tray2 Still says that PHP shoud run as www-data also. But should it, since www-data is a server-wide user :thinking:
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@HungryBus Yes it should.
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