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

[ludo]

Sriram Natarajan wrote:
> Hi
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> ludo wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> I've created some Start menus to operate the SXDE samp stack, as well 
>> as a system tray menu.
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> 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).
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>> 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...
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> 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...
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>> 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?
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> 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

So far, in B76 and private mysql installation, I do not see these 
roles/privileges defined for Apache and MySQL...

Who will define then and when?

Thanks,
Ludo
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> thanks
> sriram