Enable or Disable Apache suEXEC

You may enable or disable Apache suEXEC using this menu.

Most CGI software is run on the server as the user nobody. When you enable suEXEC, Apache can run CGI software as the user ID of the account owner rather than as the user nobody.

To enable or disable suEXEC:

1. Use the Apache suEXEC pull-down menu to select the appropriate option.
   • You may choose on or off from the menu.
2. Click Save New Configuration.

Note: This is not PHPsuEXEC. This version of suEXEC only pertains to PHP handled by CGI.

When configuring these options you may use the Do a dryrun checkbox at the bottom of the screen before clicking Save New Configuration to simply compile and view the PHP configuration file before you use it on your server. This can be useful when checking for errors and security flaws before Apache uses this PHP configuration. You can click Apply Settings on the following page to apply the new settings to your PHP configuration.