-.TH suexec 8 "March 2001"
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+.TH "SUEXEC" 8 "2003-04-29" "Apache HTTP Server" "suexec"
+
.SH NAME
-suexec \- Switch User For Exec
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B suexec -V
+suexec \- Switch user before executing external programs
+
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+
+.PP
+\fBsuexec\fR -\fBV\fR
+
+
+.SH "SUMMARY"
+
.PP
-No other synopsis for usage, because this program
-is otherwise only used internally by the Apache HTTP server.
+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\&.
+
.PP
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B suexec
-is the "wrapper" support program for the suexec behaviour for the
-Apache HTTP server. It is run from within the server automatically
-to switch the user when an external program has to be run under a
-different user. For more information about suexec, see the online
-document `Apache suexec Support' on the HTTP server project's
-Web site at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/suexec.html .
-.SH OPTIONS
-.IP -V
-Display the list of compile-time settings used when \fBsuexec\fP
-was built. No other action is taken.
-.PD
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR httpd(8)
+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\&.0/suexec\&.html)\&.
+
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+
+.RS
+
+.TP
+-V
+If you are root, this option displays the compile options of suexec\&. For security reasons all configuration options are changable only at compile time\&.
+.RE
+
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-<strong>NAME</strong>
- suexec - Switch User For Exec
-
-<strong>SYNOPSIS</strong>
- No synopsis for usage, because this program is used inter-
- nally by Apache only.
-
-<strong>DESCRIPTION</strong>
- <strong>suexec</strong> is the "wrapper" support program for the suEXEC
- behaviour for Apache. It is run from within Apache automat-
- ically to switch the user when an external program has to be
- run under a different user. For more information about
- suEXEC see the document `Apache suEXEC Support' under
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/suexec.html .
-
-<strong>SEE ALSO</strong>
- <strong>httpd(8)</strong>
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<p><code>suexec</code> 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 <code>root</code>. Since the HTTP daemon normally doesn't
writable for any other person than <code>root</code>.</p>
<p>For further information about the concepts and and the security model
- of suexec please refer to the suexec documentation (<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/suexec.html">http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/suexec.html</a>).</p>
+ of suexec please refer to the suexec documentation (<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/suexec.html">http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/suexec.html</a>).</p>
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