| .TH suexec 8 "March 2001" |
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| .SH NAME |
| suexec \- Switch User For Exec |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B suexec -V |
| .PP |
| No other synopsis for usage, because this program |
| is otherwise only used internally by the Apache HTTP server. |
| .PP |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B suexec |
| is the "wrapper" support program for the suexec behaviour for the |
| Apache HTTP server. It is run from within the server automatically |
| to switch the user when an external program has to be run under a |
| different user. For more information about suexec, see the online |
| document `Apache suexec Support' on the HTTP server project's |
| Web site at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/suexec.html . |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .IP -V |
| Display the list of compile-time settings used when \fBsuexec\fP |
| was built. No other action is taken. |
| .PD |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR httpd(8) |