running apache as a different user

[v3locity]

I'm trying to find out how I can create a superuser account that I can then use to stop and restart apache so all of my php scripts will run as that superuser instead of no one.

[harry]

**To have a user superuser access you need to add a user to the wheel group. Add a user and assign him to wheel group.

useradd test -g wheel
passwd test

**enter password twice for test user.

You should be good to go. Login to server as a test user and type the below command

su -

**you will then be prompted for root password. Once specifed, the test user will act as a root user.