diff -Nur e-smith-base-5.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/init-accounts e-smith-base-5.2.0_mod/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/init-accounts
--- e-smith-base-5.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/init-accounts	2010-12-06 16:55:42.000000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-base-5.2.0_mod/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/init-accounts	2010-12-06 22:40:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -188,6 +188,30 @@
     }
 }
 
+# Now that www exists, change uid/gid of user and group apache
+# so they become alias of the www account
+if ( !getpwnam("apache") )
+{
+    die "Error creating apache user or group" unless (
+        system("/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 102 -o apache") == 0 &&
+        system("/usr/sbin/useradd -u 102 -g 102 -o -c 'Apache' -d /var/www -M -s /bin/nologin apache") == 0
+    );
+}
+else
+{
+    my $id = `/usr/bin/id -u apache`;
+    chomp($id);
+    if ( $id ne '102')
+    {
+        die "Error changing apache uid or gid" unless (
+            system("/usr/sbin/groupmod -g 102 -o apache") == 0 &&
+            system("/usr/sbin/usermod -u 102 -g 102 -o apache") == 0
+        );
+        warn "failed to fix permissions for apache" unless (
+            system("/bin/rpm --setugids httpd mod_auth_tkt mod_ssl php 2> /dev/null") == 0
+        );
+    }
+}
 
 # delete unwanted user accounts
 foreach my $user (qw(halt shutdown sync))