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by default on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Add, 3.5 Create users and groups for ColdFusion and Apache
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If Apache (httpd) was already installed, ensure that the latest version is installed: # yum update httpd Ensure that the latest version of openssl and mod_ssl is installed as well using similar yum commands as above. Remove any unneeded modules, for example: # yum erase php* Edit the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and remove or comment out (by placing a # at the beginning of the line) any LoadModule lines that load unnecessary modules. You can easily find a list of these module by running: # fgrep LoadModule /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf Some modules that you may be able to remove include: mod_imap, mod_info, mod_userdir, mod_status, mod_cgi, mod_autoindex See Appendix A.7 and A.8 for more information on securing the Apache Web Server. 2.3.5 Create users and groups for ColdFusion and Apache Create a new group to contain both Apache and ColdFusion, in this guide we use the name webservices feel free to choose a unique name. # groupadd webservices The Apache web server runs as user apache by default on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Add apache to the webservices group: # usermod -a -G webservices apache 28