id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	uname	nginx_version
863	Support for serving any directory as a low priviliged user	stackoverflow.com/users/870207/teknopaul		"python and other HTTP servers support instantly serving the current directory ans the current user. 

e.g. python SimpltHttpServer .

nginx does not support this due to touching files that require root access no matter what the configuration, this depends on compile time options. If an option were provided then simply 

nginx .  (-whatever or -c ./nginx.conf)  could be added to development and test workflows, e.g. put in a Makefile.

Without this, we have to avoid using advanced features of nginx in dev workflows and stick to lowest common denominator for any HTTP server.

I'll make this priority minor but when nginx 2.0 supports really cool JavaScript config this is going to be higher priority because lack of this feature will mean any bug related to these new nginx specific features will get left to QA and integration deployments rather than being resolved part of development processes."	enhancement	closed	minor		nginx-core	1.9.x	worksforme	run as low priviliged user serving arbitrary directory		Linux [redacted] 4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 15:35:06 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux	"nginx version: nginx/1.9.3 (Ubuntu)
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fPIE -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIE -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now' --prefix=/usr/share/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi --with-debug --with-pcre-jit --with-ipv6 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_image_filter_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_perl_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_spdy_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_xslt_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --with-stream --with-stream_ssl_module --with-threads --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/headers-more-nginx-module --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-auth-pam --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-cache-purge --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-dav-ext-module --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-development-kit --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-echo --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/ngx-fancyindex --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-http-push --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-lua --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-upload-progress --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/nginx-upstream-fair --add-module=/build/nginx-1NwJqb/nginx-1.9.3/debian/modules/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module
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