Re: [BackupPC-users] CGI vs mod_perl and uid

[Guillaume R. <Gui...@in...>]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 07:44, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
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>>I'm quite curious about the documentation recommending to either use=20
>>su_exec with apache running under standard id, or mod_perl with apache=20
>>running under backuppc uid. I don't see why the two questions of uid=20
>>mapping (apache vs backuppc daemon) and perl perfs are confused here.=20
>>You could as well use su_exec with mod_perl, or make apache run under=20
>>backuppc uid without mod_perl.
>=20
>=20
> You can't run perl scripts under a different uid under mod_perl (or
> at least you couldn't in the 1.x versions).  The whole idea of mod_perl
> is that it runs embedded in the httpd process and is thus much faster
> than starting a normal CGI on every hit.=20
I know what mod_perl is. My point is that if you're ready to make=20
mod_perl run under backuppc uid as a whole, you could do it as well for=20
standard apache. Hence the need to distinguish between two problems, uid=20
mapping and perfs, which current documentation doesn't.

You may be right about the unability to run su_exec under mod_perl howeve=
r.


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