CCE-27878-8| Platform: apache-httpd2.2 | Date: (C)2013-02-19 (M)2022-10-10 |
The Apache user account should be allowed root privileges as appropriate.
Parameter:
(1) allowed/not allowed
Technical Mechanism:
(1) via /etc/passwd
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References: | Resource Id | Reference |
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| CIS Security Configuration Benchmark For Apache Web Server 2.2 Version 3.1.0 June 11th, 2012 | 1.3.1 Run the Apache Web Server as a non-root user (Level 1, Scorable)
Although Apache typically is started with root privileges in order to listen on port 80 and 443, it can and should run as another non-root user in order to perform the web services. Page 19 |
| CIS Security Configuration Benchmark For Apache Web Server 2.2.0 Version 2.2.0 November 2008 | 1.6 Creating the Apache User and Group Accounts p14 |
