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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hello,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I was advised that installing FGS as a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">regular desktop user</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> is more secure than installing FGS as the root user. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">However,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> once installed,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">doesn’t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> FGS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">run under</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">apache</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> which is a limited user account</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and therefore making FGS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">safe.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> I would</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">prefer</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> to use port 80 as it is the standard web</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">server port. But, I do not want to open up security risks on my machine.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Mark Volz</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">GIS Specialist</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Lyon County, MN</FONT></SPAN></P>
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