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when setting up a webserver on linux , is it a good practice to make a new user and install everything under that user?

I want to set up a webserver and I understand that when using linux its not safe to install things under root. So should I install things like apache and php under a different user? And if i do, will ...
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Setting up a web server, using multiple user accounts

I’ve just installed Ubuntu Server on a new server and have been looking around for tutorials on setting up a web server with multiple user accounts. How I’ve set small web servers like this in the ...
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php server web user setup

I'm needing to setup a basic web user account on my ubuntu 10.10 server to host web pages. This account should be limited to access only the necessary directories on the machine. I setup the following ...