Centos – Install webserver without root access

apache-2.2centos

I have a centOS server. I do not have access to the current web server, so I would like to install apache or something, so that I can make changes to the configs. Is there a way to do this in Linux?

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You can compile the source in your home directory and run it from there. However, you will be subject to the limits for your user (ulimit -a) and will not be able to bind to a port <1024.

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Finding out what user Apache is running as

ps aux | egrep '(apache|httpd)' typically will show what apache is running as.

Usually you do not need to change the default user, "nobody" or "apache" are typically fine users. As long as its not "root" ;)

edit: more accurate command for catching apache binaries too

Linux – Add a directory to the Apache Web Root

You can use mod_alias to do this quite simply

Alias /data /data/outside/documentroot
<Directory /data/outside/documentroot>
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
</Directory>

Would redirect urls like http://example.com/data/file1.dat to the file /data/outside/documentroot/file1.dat

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Finding out what user Apache is running as

Linux – Add a directory to the Apache Web Root

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