Linux: Find Out Apache User Name

To find out the user name that the Apache web server is running as on a Linux system, you can use the ps command and the grep command.

To use these commands, you can type the following at the command prompt:

ps aux | grep apache

This will display a list of processes that have the string apache in the command line, along with the user name of the user that the process is running as.

For example, the output may look something like this:

root      2517  0.0  0.3  51460  2360 ?        Ss   21:19   0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data  2522  0.0  0.4  52648  2972 ?        S    21:19   0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data  2523  0.0  0.4  52648  2972 ?        S    21:19   0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data  2524  0.0  0.4  52648  2972 ?        S    21:19   0:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

In this example, the Apache web server is running as the www-data user.

It is important to note that the user name may vary depending on the specific Linux distribution and Apache installation you are using.

For more information about the ps and grep commands and their usage, you can consult the documentation for your specific Unix or Linux system.