Short version of question: How do I setup the user/groups for this configuration so that they all talk and cooperate meanwhile keeping things reasonably secure? Longer version of question: On my Suse 9.2 box I've successfully setup an HTML server using Apache 2.0.50, MySQL 4.0.21 using PHP 4.3.8. I'd like to administer MySQL using phpMyAdmin locally or remotely. I printed out reams of information a few weeks ago from the 'net as an aid to setting things up as securely as possible but became totally confused as to the privileges of the system users relative to each package. It's a little bit disconcerting when you can remotely access your database with full privileges as an anonymous user. :> I was also frustrated by successfully installing another package (Gallery 1.5rc1 or something) but the database not collecting/saving the information. I've also setup an SSH server but will deal with that after resolving my current issues. I walked away from it for awhile and now I'm ready to try again. For clarification purposes: User Group apache apache mysql mysql Each package is pretty complex standing alone. I think that attempting to tackle all of them in parallel caused information overload and seized up my brain. Any pointers, warnings or gotchas would be very much appreciated from anybody running that combination. I'm using Webmin to configure (for the most part) the servers. Thanks, Ken