I am trying to set up mod_fcgid on my server. Part of the requirement is that Apache needs to create a socket file for mod_fcgid.

I specified the folder for Apache to write the socket data to:

/var/run/apache2/fcgid

I then specified this file in my fcgid.conf file as follows:

SocketPath /var/run/apache2/fcgid/sock

I then changed the owner of the folder to www-data (the apache user) and gave the owner full permissions to the folder and its contents.

I was able to run my test fcgi app then.

When I rebooted the machine, y fastcgi app no longer worked. After some investigation, I found that ownership of /var/run/apache2/fcgid has been reset to root, and with permission reset to 700

I have the following questions:

• Is there something specific about the /var/run folder?
• why is the permissions being reset after a reboot?
• Should I move my socket file to another location (in case root automatically takes ownership of contents in this folder for security reasons?)

I am running Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS 64 bit