[webstack-discuss] Administration of Apache stack for non root user..?

[Sriram Natarajan]

Hi
 



ludo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've created some Start menus to operate the SXDE samp stack, as well as 
> a system tray menu.
>   
Just out of curiosity - are you developing the 'Start Menu' using Gnome 
SDK ?  If yes, then that would be awesome as the look and feel will very 
much match with the rest of the panels that comes with SXDE.
> All is working for the root user. I am planning on adding a 'initialize' 
> menu that would need to run as root, that would add all the necessary 
> privileges to the non root user (that user which is also created when 
> installing SXDE b70 or above).
>
> I am reading http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0605/819-2887.pdf
> and my hope is such setting (very complex imo for a simple person like 
> me) would be handy for the Developer using SXDE...
>   
The above blue print is very comprehensive. Upcoming Apache 2.2.6 
integration does handle some of the issues that is covered in the above 
blue print.
> Let me know if this is the right direction.
> Basically, a new Solaris role would be created ('webstack' as a role 
> name?) that would be added to the solaris user.
> This role would allow to
> stop, start apache, mysql (possibly postgres), view/changes log files or 
> config files or Dbs, etc...
>
> I see some predefined groups in Solaris (postgres, webservd,mysql,...) 
> Should we use them instead or use this new 'webstack' role to represent 
> a typically WebStack AMP developer?
>
>   
IMO, adding another role is not very much helpful.  I would expect that 
a site administrator would not prefer to give start / stop access of 
databases to any web developer. We need to simply leverage the existing 
roles / privleges that currently exist for Apache, MySQL and PostgreSQL

thanks
sriram