Changing the Apache user.

Hi,

I have a server running Ubuntu LTS 8.04 and i would like to change the user apache(+php) runs as.

Basically, the below script should return "ftpuser".

Code:

<?php
$cmd = "whoami";
$output = shell_exec($cmd);
echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
?>

And so far, i have been completely failing at doing this.

I have tried altering the /etc/apache2/envvars but this doesnt change anything, even after rebooting server or restarting apache.

<background info>
I have to do this so i can delete files apache creates through php ShellExec from an FTP client. (and php needs to be able to delete files that where uploaded through ftp with ShellExec('rm '.$filename);
</background info>

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

Why dont you use the group feature instead and use sguid on the directory to ensure that the files created inherit the directories group.