Commit af1f783f authored by brian's avatar brian
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Submitted by:	bhyde@pobox.com
Reviewed by:	Brian

Tweak to add some x-references.


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@@ -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
<CODE>nobody</CODE>, but this is not always possible or desirable.<P>
<CODE>nobody</CODE>, but this is not always possible or desirable.
For example mod_proxy's cache, when enabled, must be accessible to this user
(see the <A href="mod_proxy.html#cacheroot"><CODE>CacheRoot</CODE></a> 
directive</a>).<P>

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
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Apache 1.1 and later.<P>

Sets the name of the directory to contain cache files; this must be
writable by the httpd server.<BR>
writable by the httpd server.
(see the <A href="core.html#user"><CODE>User</CODE></a> directive</a>).<BR>
Setting <CODE>CacheRoot</CODE> enables proxy cacheing; without defining
a <CODE>CacheRoot</CODE>, proxy functionality will be available
if <CODE>ProxyRequests</CODE> are set to <CODE>On</CODE>, but no