From d6707610dbd308bb5543dc1788fab718cf9fd168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brian Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 02:11:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] PR: Submitted by: bhyde@pobox.com Reviewed by: Brian Tweak to add some x-references. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@81555 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/mod/core.html | 5 ++++- docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.html b/docs/manual/mod/core.html index 8864f6a733..46238fdd60 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/core.html +++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.html @@ -2794,7 +2794,10 @@ files which are not intended to be visible to the outside world, and similarly, the user should not be able to execute code which is not meant for httpd requests. It is recommended that you set up a new user and group specifically for running the server. Some admins use user -nobody, but this is not always possible or desirable.

+nobody, but this is not always possible or desirable. +For example mod_proxy's cache, when enabled, must be accessible to this user +(see the CacheRoot +directive).

Notes: If you start the server as a non-root user, it will fail to change to the lesser privileged user, and will instead continue to run as diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html index dff9bc15cb..b2de7fe5ca 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html @@ -583,7 +583,8 @@ Example: Apache 1.1 and later.

Sets the name of the directory to contain cache files; this must be -writable by the httpd server.
+writable by the httpd server. +(see the User directive).
Setting CacheRoot enables proxy cacheing; without defining a CacheRoot, proxy functionality will be available if ProxyRequests are set to On, but no -- 2.40.0