It occurs to me that I didn't give the best command(s) for seeing if your apache server is running as "nobody". Searching for apache will usually work, but not always, given that "apache" may not be in the path.
So instead you should use ps -auxw | egrep httpd The "w" switch that's included in the "ps" will ensure that the output doesn't get cut off at 80 columns. === Al --- Al Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're not saying in what context you're trying to start your CGI > program. > > The "nobody" userid isn't designed to log on interactively, but if > that's what you want to do, then, as root, you can enable the account > with > # usermod –U nobody > > You then should set the password for the account > # passwd nobody > [follow the prompts to change password] > > Then you can log on (or "su" to) interactively. When you're done with > your testing, you'll want to lock the account up again with: > # usermod –L nobody > > If you're running the sudo program on your system, you can use "nobody" > to test your program with > $ sudo –u nobody /path/to/program > without enabling the account interactively. > > Apache typically runs as "nobody", so if you place your CGI program > where it's accessible by apache, then that should be enough of a test. > To ensure that apache is running as "nobody", do > $ ps –aux | egrep nobody > and you'll get output shown at the bottom of this message. Note only > one process runs as "root", and the child processes run as "nobody". > Of course, I'm using an apache installed from source and not an rpm, so > there's a small (miniscule?) chance that your server is configured to > not run that way (if you're running apache; maybe you're running > another web server). > === Al > > > > > root 29145 0.0 0.2 5220 2632 ? S Jul16 0:00 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29146 0.0 0.5 6968 5004 ? S Jul16 0:09 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29147 0.0 0.5 6960 4860 ? S Jul16 0:10 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29148 0.0 0.5 6956 4800 ? S Jul16 0:11 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29149 0.0 0.5 6960 4856 ? S Jul16 0:09 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29150 0.0 0.5 7004 4928 ? S Jul16 0:11 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29151 0.0 0.5 6968 4888 ? S Jul16 0:11 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29152 0.0 0.5 6960 4872 ? S Jul16 0:10 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29153 0.0 0.5 7000 4920 ? S Jul16 0:10 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29166 0.0 0.5 6964 4908 ? S Jul16 0:10 /usr/local/apache > nobody 29167 0.0 0.5 6968 4832 ? S Jul16 0:10 /usr/local/apache > > > > --- Ping Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > > > I need to use 'nobody' user to test my CGI program. But I got an error > > message like > > > > nobody account is currently not available > > > > Does anyone have an idea? Could you please give me a hand? Thank you > > very much for your help. > > > > > > Ping > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
