How to get the name of the apache user

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Finding out what user Apache is running as?

I use openSuse and I try to find out the name of the apache user. So I enter

vim /etc/passwd

in the terminal. Or

ps -a

Both don't have apache listed. I have mysql and other stuff but apache isn't mentioned. Any ideas?

ps aux | grep httpd

Output:

Solution 1

Try

ps aux | grep httpd

or

ps aux | grep apache

The first column of the output is the user that is running the process.

Sample output from a CentOS system

apache    4173  0.0  0.6 239100  6720 ?        S    Aug04   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd

and an Ubuntu system

www-data  3124  0.0  0.2   6452  2180 ?        S    Aug04   0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

On CentOS apache is running as user apache and on Ubuntu it's running as www-data

Solution 2

just see on httpd.conf (usually on /etc/httpd/conf/) grep User httpd.conf

Comments

[user9517]

Your apache is running as user wwwrun

[UpCat]

thanks and whats the group for that user?

[Greg Petersen]

Check with groups wwwrun.

[GuyT]

On OpenSuSe it's done by following command: grep -i "^user" /etc/apache2/uid.conf

[UpCat]

the first column is named with root, so is root the apache user?

[UpCat]

I edited my question. habe a look at the output

[Anarko_Bizounours]

no output pal. You messed up the link!