How to run Apache httpd server from a non-root user in RHEL?

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Issue

  • How to run Apache httpd server from a non-root user in RHEL 7?
  • How to run httpd parent process from non-root user?

  • Facing below errors in logs :

    $ /usr/sbin/httpd -k start
(13)Permission denied: AH00058: Error retrieving pid file /run/httpd/httpd.pid
AH00059: Remove it before continuing if it is corrupted.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Apache Web Server (HTTPD)
    • 2.4

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