Configuring <application>Apache</application> Config files /etc/apache/* Configuration Information The main configuration file is called httpd.conf. Modify it to run the server as a dedicated user: sed -i -e "s%User nobody%User apache%" -e "s%^Group #-1%Group apache%" /etc/apache/httpd.conf See for detailed instructions on customizing your Apache HTTP server. Install /etc/rc.d/init.d/apache init script included in the package. make install-apache