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suPHP… Just Use It!

What is suPHP you might ask?  Well short of me explaining in detail what you can read elsewhere check out this link if you have any questions past my short description: http://www.suphp.org/FAQ.html

“suPHP is a tool for executing PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners. It consists of an Apache module (mod_suphp) and a setuid root binary (suphp) that is called by the Apache module to change the uid of the process executing the PHP interpreter.”

So you might be asking yourself whats the point in restructuring your PHP enviroment to utilize ‘suPHP’ instead of ‘phpsuexec.’  Probably the best reasons are protection of user’s files, better details for logging and monitoring services, which in turn protects servers, clients, and end-users from spammers. (continue reading…)