Alternative to suPHP and suExec! Is it safe?

[PaarhatiO]

Hello All,

I have been triying to install suPHP for almost 3 days. Unfortunatly I have got any luck or something...

While I was still despretly searching for an answer I have figured out that I can add "User <ftpuser of virtual host>" and "Group psacln" to httpd.include in a virtual host. I also removed User and Group directive from httpd.conf.

Is it safe to use such configuration?
Is there any way to automate the procedure? (I mean, server should add the directives automatically in respective manner.)

I would be glad if some of the gurus can share their wisdome.

Thx

 

[lvalics]

Here is an article for you
http://www.grafxsoftware.com/faq.php/HOW-TO-Setup-a-PLESK-Dedicated-Server/1/4/

There is a section with suPHP. If you cannot handle, you can ask for help.

 

[EduardH]

Apache modules mpm-itk and mod_ruid2 can also run virtual hosts as their users.
SuPHP uses much more CPU and memory resources than mpm-itk or mod_ruid2.

Run PHP as User This add-on for Parallels Plesk Panel allows to run PHP scripts as domain FTP user. It only works in conjunction with mpm-itk or mod_ruid2 Apache module. In this case standard PHP module runs scripts. This is the fastest method unlike suPHP and FastCGI commonly used for the same purpose.

See http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=106297 for more details.