Group directive

This directive is only applicable if you are using a ServerType of standalone.

Purpose

The Group directive sets which group id the server will answer requests as.

In order to use this directive, the standalone server must be initially run as root.

This directive does not mean that the original daemon process will run as the given group, it means that the children which answer requests run as the given group.

Syntax

Group id

id is one of:

A name
Refer to the given group by name.
# followed by a group number
Refer to a group by its number.
This id must be a valid group found in /etc/group, or else a runtime server error will occur.

Only one Group directive is allowed in the configuration file.

Default

If you do not specify a Group, httpd assumes:

Group #-1

Examples

Group nogroup

This will cause the server to run as group nogroup.

Group #65536

This will cause the server to run as group number 65536.

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