Rebuilding suexec with Different Options on Ubuntu

Step 1:

Backup the current suexec. Then download stuff and go into the newly created directory:

#cd /usr/src
#sudo apt-get build-dep apache2.2-common
#sudo apt-get source apache2.2-common
#cd apache2-2.2.X/

Step 2 : Edit the build rules and change the suexec settings:

#sudo vi debian/rules

Step 3 :

Near the top are located the defaults, AP2_COMMON_CONFARGS. Find the references to suexec and modify. For instance:

By default :

–with-suexec-docroot=/var/www \

Change to :

–with-suexec-docroot=/home \

( If this will required to operate the Virtualmin)

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