Ensure the Apache Web Server Runs As a Non-Root User

c=${APACHE_CONF:-}; if [ -z "$c" ]; then for f in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf /etc/apache2/httpd.conf; do [ -f "$f" ] && { c=$f; break; }; done; fi; [ -r "$c" ] || exit 1; R=$(awk 'tolower($1)=="serverroot"{v=$2; gsub(/"/,"",v); print v; exit}' "$c"); [ -n "$R" ] || R=$(dirname "$c"); shopt -s nocasematch; inc(){ local p g l; [ ${#FUNCNAME[@]} -lt 16 ] || return 0; p=$1; case $p in /*) ;; *) p=$R/$p;; esac; [ -d "$p" ] && p="$p/*"; for g in $p; do [ -f "$g" ] || continue; while IFS= read -r l || [ -n "$l" ]; do if [[ $l =~ ^[[:space:]]*include(optional)?[[:space:]]+\"?([^\"[:space:]]+) ]]; then inc "${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"; else printf '%s\n' "$l"; fi; done < "$g"; done; }; cfg=$(inc "$c" | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e '/^#/d' -e '/^$/d'); shopt -u nocasematch; ev(){ case $1 in '${'*'}') local n=${1#??}; n=${n%?}; local v; v=$(sed -n "s/^[[:space:]]*export[[:space:]]*$n=//p" "${APACHE_ENVVARS:-/etc/apache2/envvars}" 2>/dev/null | tail -n1 | tr -d "\"'"); printf '%s\n' "${v:-$1}";; *) printf '%s\n' "$1";; esac; }; u=$(ev "$(printf '%s\n' "$cfg" | awk 'tolower($1)=="user"{v=$2} END{print v}')"); [ -n "$u" ] && [ "${u#\$}" = "$u" ] || { echo noncompliant; exit 0; }; id=$(id -u "$u" 2>/dev/null) || { echo noncompliant; exit 0; }; mn=$(awk '$1=="UID_MIN"{print $2}' /etc/login.defs 2>/dev/null); [ "$id" != 0 ] && [ "$id" -lt "${mn:-1000}" ] && echo compliant || echo noncompliant

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