Fwd: RE: [horde] RE-SEND: Horde Installation

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

----- Forwarded message from LKLei at cbe.ab.ca -----
    Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:21:08 -0700
    From: "Lei, Louie K" <LKLei at cbe.ab.ca>
Reply-To: "Lei, Louie K" <LKLei at cbe.ab.ca>
 Subject: RE: [horde] RE-SEND: Horde Installation
      To: 'Chuck Hagenbuch' <chuck at horde.org>

Thanks for your reply. Must PHP be installed and configured by root
perpetually? What if my apache web server is run by another acoount?

Louie

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Hagenbuch [mailto:chuck at horde.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:18 AM
To: horde at lists.horde.org
Subject: Re: [horde] RE-SEND: Horde Installation


Quoting "Lei, Louie K" <LKLei at cbe.ab.ca>:

> Can horde, imp or php be installed via a regular user account instead of
> root? Some say it has to be installed by root. If this is the case, root
> will automatically owns it. My rationale is -- application program should
be
> owned by an application account. For example, Oracle should be owned by
dba
> account so DBAs have control over their appls. If hodre has to be
owned/run
> by root, horde support will require root access, which may cause role
> conflicts with system administrator unless the sysadmin supports the
> application by him/herself.

PHP must usually be installed and configured by root, since it interacts
with
your web server. Horde and IMP could easily be installed by another account,
though.

-chuck

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-chuck

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