Apache permissions

[ConradJones]

hi

 

i am writing an web application, which allows an admin user to login and change the settings of the application (name of mysql db, etc) which i will store in a config file.

 

 

currently i am developing this on linux mint (my desktop) but mint probably isn't the target distro.

 

how should i set the permission on the .conf file ?

currently apache looks it is running as www-data

 

should i

 

1. just make www-data the owner of the conf file
   
2. change who apache runs as
   
3. change the permission of the conf file
   

 

 

 

thanks

 

conrad