SV: [PHP4BETA] Logging UID
| From: | Johan Ekenberg | Date: | Sun, 05 Dec 1999 21:17:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | SV: [PHP4BETA] Logging UID | ||
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> > Excuse me for asking twice, but I'm interested in knowing if it's a
> > conscious decision to have mod_php write log messages as nobody
> (i.e the uid
> > of Apache).
> >
> > mod_ssl does its logging as root, so does Apache itself. IMHO this is a
> > better solution. Please tell me your opinion on this! Has this been
> > discussed before?
>
> It is very different. Apache opens up its log file in in the parent root
> process before forking the child httpd processes. If you want PHP to log
> as root, don't use a separate php log file. Have it log to the Apache log
> file.
But how does mod_ssl do it? It uses a separate logfile and logs as root. Why
can't mod_php do it the same way?
/Johan Ekenberg