On Nov 6, 2007 4:59 PM, Christian Folini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 02:29:03PM +0000, Melanie Pfefer wrote: > > hi > > > > I modified user in httpd.conf but as long as the port > > number is 80, only root can start apache. subsequent > > process will be run as non-root. > > > > any idea how to allow this user to start apache? > > Sounds like a task for "sudo".
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