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Anyone know the default user/group for Apache under OS X (10.6)? I'd like to set permissions correctly. Already enabled Web Sharing, etc.

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Apache user and group are _www and _www.

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Turns out the answer is in /etc/apache2/original/httpd.conf:

User _www
Group _www
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$ id _www
uid=70(_www) gid=70(_www) groups=70(_www),404(com.apple.sharepoint.group.3),402(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),61(localaccounts),12(everyone),403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2)
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