apache2: start processes with other than www-data user

Question

apache2 seem to start new processes with www-data user. How could I make it start new processes with some other user? ubuntu 11.04 by the way.

Answer 1

This can only be changed globally (not for single processes or vhosts) with the statements User and Group in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf. For CGI's, you can use the suexec feature to spawn processes with another user id.

Answer 2

Open the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file and change User and Group to whatever user, group you want.