Apache user?

[Jerry Lundström]

Jon South wrote:
> Talking to a friend of mine, chipux, who's a rather avid apache 
> user/developer convinced me to inquire if anyone is against adding an 
> apache user to the apache modules. I dont see an issue with that, and 
> would probably help with overall security since many other things might 
> be running as the user 'nobody' as well.
> 
> I dont know if anyone would really be in opposition of this, but I 
> thought I'd ask before trying any changes to the apache modules. If 
> nothing else, perhaps we could make it optional?

I see no reason not to have a seperate user for something that common.