Index: security_tips.xml =================================================================== --- security_tips.xml (revision 1300620) +++ security_tips.xml (working copy) @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@

In typical operation, Apache is started by the root user, and it switches to the user defined by the User directive to serve hits. As is the + module="mod_unixd">User directive to serve hits. As is the case with any command that root executes, you must take care that it is protected from modification by non-root users. Not only must the files themselves be writeable only by root, but so must the directories, and @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@

Embedded scripting options which run as part of the server itself, such as mod_php, mod_perl, mod_tcl, and mod_python, run under the identity of the server itself - (see the User directive), and + (see the User directive), and therefore scripts executed by these engines potentially can access anything the server user can. Some scripting engines may provide restrictions, but it is better to be safe and assume not.