If you have shell access to the server you can find which UID apache is running as by executing the following commands:
ps -ef | grep apache Or the daemon may be called httpd: ps -ef | grep httpdThe first column from the left is the UID of the process (the owner of the PID).
I guess you'll see multiple apache processes. The first one is most likely running as root.But as soon as apache starts it forks and the child processes are running as www-data (default for debian) or http, httpd, apache etc.
It's the owner of the child processes you are interested in. On 07.12.2010 19:51, Homme, James wrote:
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