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The owner and group of httpd-related processes is “apache” by default, as set in the apache configuration file (httpd.conf) shown below.
User apache
Group apacheYou can confirm the user name and group of httpd process by using the ps command as follows.
$ ps -aux | grep httpd
root 9773 0.0 0.0 4520 685 pts/3 R+ 19:19 0:00 grep --color httpd
root 9773 0.0 0.5 18564 5736 ? Ss Aug19 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 9773 0.0 0.2 18564 3068 ? S Aug19 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 9773 0.0 0.2 18564 3068 ? S Aug19 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpdSolution
If you want to change the owner of the httpd, simply edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and replace the User and Group directives with any other user/groupd.
User newuser
Group newgroupRestart apache httpd service.
systemctl restart httpdConfirm the modification as follows.
ps -aux | grep httpd
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