Re: Question about HTTP_ENV_VARS, PHP, and Apache

This has been discussed a number of times here. Apache will always inherit the environment of the user that starts it. You should start it with a clean environment. ie. add "env -i" to whatever script starts your httpd server. -Rasmus On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Michael Sims wrote: > This may be more of an Apache question, but I was hoping that someone here > would have an idea about this. > > I tracked down a bug in one of my scripts that was caused by environment > variable that was being registered as global without my knowledge (due to > the register_globals setting). My script was depending on this variable > not being set in certain conditions but I didn't take into account the fact > that it could be set via an environment variable. > > While troubleshooting this I was looking through the output of phpinfo() > and I found something curious in the environment variables across the three > different servers that I administer. All three are running Redhat, Apache > 1.3.19, and PHP 4.0.4.pl1, with PHP compiled as an Apache module > (--with-apxs). One of the servers is Redhat 7.0, the other two are Redhat > 7.1. On both the Redhat 7.1 servers, phpinfo() reports the following > environment variables: > > user: michaels > logname: michaels > bash_env: /home/michaels/.bashrc > mail: /var/spool/mail/michaels > > "michaels" is the user account that I use on these servers to do a majority > of my work, only su'ing to root when absolutely necessary. > > I'm confused as to why these variables exist. I know for a fact that > Apache is running as "nobody". That's what the httpd.conf file is > configured for and I can verify that by viewing the output of "ps aux" I > did build apache and php as this user, but I su'ed to root for the "make > install" portion. I launched apache with "apachectl" as root. > > On the Redhat 7.0 machine these env vars don't exist. > > Can anyone enlighten me or perhaps point me to a source of more info? Any > help would be appreciated... > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >