Suexec and Apache: A Tutorial Page 9

If you need to build Apache from source in order to add or change the
suexec parameters, you can use the following commands as a
quick-start. You should download the latest released version of the Apache
tarball and unpack it into a working directory. The top-level directory will
then be ./apache-1.3, which matches assumption #1 described earlier.

    % cd ./apache-1.3
    % env CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall" 
    > ./configure --enable-shared=max --enable-module=most 
    >   --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/local/web/apache 
    >   --with-port=80 
    >   --enable-suexec 
    >   --suexec-caller=nobody 
    >   --suexec-docroot=/usr/local/web 
    >   --suexec-umask=022
    Configuring for Apache, Version 1.3.12-dev
     + using installation path layout: Apache (config.layout)
     + Warning: You have enabled the suEXEC feature. Be aware that you need
     + root privileges to complete the final installation step.
    Creating Makefile
    Creating Configuration.apaci in src
        [more configuration output]
    % make
        [lots of compilation output]
    % make install
        [lots more output describing file placement]
    % /usr/local/web/apache/bin/apachectl start
     

 If you didn't encounter any errors, you should now have a working Apache

installation in the location that matches assumption

#2 described earlier. It's been built to include suexec, and

you should verify that this is the case: 
    % /usr/local/web/apache/bin/httpd -l
    Compiled-in modules:
      http_core.c
      mod_so.c
    suexec: enabled; valid wrapper /usr/local/web/apache/bin/suexec
     

 It's far beyond the scope of this article to give any more information

about building Apache. If you'd like to see an article in this column about the

details of building Apache, let me know.