[tlug] Apache running as root?

["Jean-Christian Imbeault" <jean_christian@example.com>]

In checking basic security on my web srever I noticed that Apache has 6 
httpd processes running and one of them (lowest pid) is running as root and 
the other 5 running as nobody.

Is having the httpd running as root normal? Is it safe? I read that apache 
needed to start running as root in order to bind to port 80 but that after 
that it would switch to user nobody . . . However I still have the 
oneprocess running as root.

Thanks!

jc




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