On 09/29/11 6:22 PM, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > I had a recent request to improve security on my web servers by having each > website use a different user to run the hosting service. So > example1.comhas it's own Apache instance running as apache1 and then > example2.com has its own instance of Apache as apache2. Is this even > possible or realistic? I understand the idea of how that would be secure, > much like creating a virtual machine to segregate services. The only way I > can think how this is done is to chroot each website. What makes this > request even stranger is that each website will be managed by the same CMS > and code base. So with that being the case, I don't see how this is > possible. Any ideas or insight are very welcome. afaik, its only possible to use multiple instances of apache if you have multiple IP addresses, each one bound to a different address, or use different ports for each site (which would require specifying the :port as part of the URL) I'd strongly question the rationale behind this request. sounds like half-thinking to me. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast