Re: [tlug] Apache running as root?

[Christopher SEKIYA <wileyc@example.com>]

> Is having the httpd running as root normal?

If you want it to accept connections on port 80, yes.

> Is it safe?

Safer than crossing against the light at Hatchiko square.

> However I still have the one process running as root.

... because the parent process, once forked, cannot exit without killing its children.

-- Chris