SUEXEC(8)                                                    suexec                                                    SUEXEC(8)



NAME
       suexec - Switch user before executing external programs


SYNOPSIS
       suexec -V



SUMMARY
       suexec  is  used  by  the Apache HTTP Server to switch to another user before executing CGI programs. In order to achieve
       this, it must run as root. Since the HTTP daemon normally doesn't run as root, the suexec executable needs the setuid bit
       set and must be owned by root. It should never be writable for any other person than root.


       For  further information about the concepts and and the security model of suexec please refer to the suexec documentation
       (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/suexec.html).



OPTIONS
       -V     If you are root, this option displays the compile options  of  suexec.  For  security  reasons  all  configuration
              options are changeable only at compile time.




Apache HTTP Server                                         2005-11-13                                                  SUEXEC(8)