System Users and Groups

System Users

User Description Role in Webspace

root

The system administrator.

The owner of the basic webspace directory structure and other private data created by CloudBlue Commerce service controllers and not intended for modification by a customer.

apache

The user the HTTP server is run under.

Apache uses this user to access static content.

<user>

Auto-generated system user name corresponding to a customer, for example, ‘t24121’.

The owner of a customer’s data that they can modify (via FTP, File Manager, custom scripts). The customer’s CGI scripts are also executed with this system user's privileges.

System Groups

Group Description Role in Webspace

root

The system administrator’s group.

Same as the corresponding user.

pemsrv

The group the HTTP server belongs to (shortcut for ‘CloudBlue Commerce servers’: HTTP, FTP).

This group is used for files and directories accessible to the HTTP server.

pemcln

The group CloudBlue Commerce customers belong to (shortcut for ‘CloudBlue Commerce clients’).

Used to execute CGI scripts with Apache mod_suexec.