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# Apache Module mod_suexec

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Description: | Allows CGI scripts to run as a specified user and Group
Status: | Extension
Module Identifier: | suexec_module
Source File: | mod_suexec.c
Compatibility: | Available in Apache 2.0 and later

### Summary

This module, in combination with the `suexec` support program allows CGI scripts to run as a specified user and Group.

### Directives

### See also

- SuEXEC support

- Comments

## SuexecUserGroup Directive

Description: | User and group for CGI programs to run as
Syntax: | `SuexecUserGroup User Group`
Context: | server config, virtual host
Status: | Extension
Module: | mod_suexec
Compatibility: | SuexecUserGroup is only available in 2.0 and later.

The `SuexecUserGroup` directive allows you to specify a user and group for CGI programs to run as. Non-CGI requests are still processed with the user specified in the `User` directive. This directive replaces the Apache 1.3 configuration of using the `User` and `Group` directives inside of VirtualHosts.

### Example

`SuexecUserGroup nobody nogroup`

### See also

- `Suexec`

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