From: Marc Slemko <marc@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 15:53:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify that the User and Group directives in VirtualHosts only apply
X-Git-Tag: APACHE_1_2b9~20
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6e9e7fa77619b5b7929dbcab1f3577980f86be4f;p=apache

Clarify that the User and Group directives in VirtualHosts only apply
to CGIs.

Closes PR#341.


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@77982 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.html b/docs/manual/mod/core.html
index 776b77e0a8..33e93ffcac 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.html
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.html
@@ -506,7 +506,10 @@ to the specified group, and will instead continue to run as the group of the
 original user. <p>
 
 Special note: Use of this directive in &lt;VirtualHost&gt; requires a
-properly configured <A HREF="../suexec.html">SUEXEC wrapper</A>.<p>
+properly configured <A HREF="../suexec.html">suEXEC wrapper</A>.
+When used inside a &lt;VirtualHost&gt; in this manner, only the group
+that CGIs are run as is affected.  Non-CGI requests are still processed
+as the group specified in the main Group directive.<p>
 
 SECURITY: See <A HREF="#user">User</A> for a discussion of the security
 considerations.<p><hr>
@@ -1291,7 +1294,10 @@ that original user. If you do start the server as root, then it is normal
 for the parent process to remain running as root.<p>
 
 Special note: Use of this directive in &lt;VirtualHost&gt; requires a
-properly configured <A HREF="../suexec.html">SUEXEC wrapper</A>.<p>
+properly configured <A HREF="../suexec.html">suEXEC wrapper</A>.
+When used inside a &lt;VirtualHost&gt; in this manner, only the user
+that CGIs are run as is affected.  Non-CGI requests are still processed
+with the user specified in the main User directive.<p>
 
 SECURITY: Don't set User (or <A HREF="#group">Group</A>) to
 <code>root</code> unless you know exactly what you are doing, and what the