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<strong>NAME</strong>
suexec - Switch User For Exec
<strong>SYNOPSIS</strong>
No synopsis for usage, because this program is used inter-
nally by Apache only.
<strong>DESCRIPTION</strong>
<strong>suexec</strong> is the "wrapper" support program for the suEXEC
behavior for Apache. It is run from within Apache automat-
ically to switch the user when an external program has to be
run under a different user. For more information about
suEXEC see the document `Apache suEXEC Support' under
<strong>SEE ALSO</strong>
<strong>httpd(8)</strong>
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