Re: apache

"Aaron Namie" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.enigma
Message-ID <[email protected]>



>From: "HL" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: apache
>Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:22:08 -0800
>
>
> > >thanks.
> > >
> > >For security reason, I want to create additional directory as document
> > >root,
> > >not default directory. But the default directory only has a small disk
> > >space. Is there any way that I can make the "new" directory as the
>biggest
> > >bulk of disk space? If so, how?
>
>
> > adjust path to point to the biggest directory?
>
>Yes. the biggest directory is home directory. I am not sure that it is very
>secure because there are numerous people who will access the server.
>
>In addition, when I take  a look at the httpd.conf, if I change original
>document root like "/usr/www/web" to another directory(/home/web/html/) , 
>do
>I need to change all icons and cgi-bin path as well ? if so, I have to move
>these "icons and cgi-bin" directory to "new" document root directory?
>
>Thanks for help
>
>
>
>
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keep chown and chmod in mind always . Security pivots on who can do what 
within any directory. Nobody should have read privilages on root web 
directory and invoke suexec for cgi' s . Yes to last question and reflect 
new location in httpd.conf.

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