diff -r f5caf41b4db6 -r 30d29ef5b79a src/server/daemon/config.c
--- a/src/server/daemon/config.c	Sun Sep 25 09:33:39 2022 +0200
+++ b/src/server/daemon/config.c	Sun Sep 25 10:36:28 2022 +0200
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-ServerConfiguration* load_server_conf(char *file) {
+ServerConfiguration* load_server_conf(CfgManager *mgr, char *file) {
     log_ereport(LOG_VERBOSE, "load_server_conf");
 
     ServerConfig *serverconf = serverconfig_load(file);
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
         log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "Cannot load server.conf");
         return NULL;
     }
+    mgr->serverconf = serverconf;
     
     pool_handle_t *pool = pool_create();
     
@@ -152,15 +153,10 @@
     *serverconfig->a = allocator;
     
     serverconfig->listeners = NULL;
-    serverconfig->host_vs = ucx_map_new_a(&allocator, 16);
-    serverconfig->authdbs = ucx_map_new_a(&allocator, 16);
-    serverconfig->resources = ucx_map_new_a(&allocator, 16);
-    serverconfig->dav = ucx_map_new_a(&allocator, 16);
-    
-    
-    
-    // TODO: init serverconfig stuff
-    
+    serverconfig->host_vs = ucx_map_new_a(serverconfig->a, 16);
+    serverconfig->authdbs = ucx_map_new_a(serverconfig->a, 16);
+    serverconfig->resources = ucx_map_new_a(serverconfig->a, 16);
+    serverconfig->dav = ucx_map_new_a(serverconfig->a, 16);
     
     /*
      * convert ServerConfig to ServerConfiguration
@@ -175,12 +171,29 @@
      * VirtualServer (dependencies: Listener)
      */
     
-    /*
-     * free stuff on error
-     */
+    // load Runtime  infos first, because we need that to change the uid
+    // and the server should do that as soon as possible
+    UcxList *list = serverconfig_get_node_list(serverconf->root, CONFIG_NODE_OBJECT, SC("Runtime"));
+    UCX_FOREACH(elm, list) {
+        ConfigNode *runtimeobj = elm->data;
+        if(cfg_handle_runtime(serverconfig, runtimeobj)) {
+            // error
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    ucx_list_free(list);
+    
+    // we return here, to let the webserver use the runtime info to
+    // change the uid if needed
+    return serverconfig;
+}
+   
+ServerConfiguration* apply_server_conf(CfgManager *mgr) {
+    ServerConfig *serverconf = mgr->serverconf;
+    ServerConfiguration *serverconfig = mgr->cfg;
     
     // init logfile first
-    UcxList *list = NULL;
+    UcxList *list;
     
     list = serverconfig_get_node_list(serverconf->root, CONFIG_NODE_OBJECT, SC("LogFile"));
     if(list) {
@@ -201,15 +214,7 @@
     }
     ucx_list_free(list);
      
-    list = serverconfig_get_node_list(serverconf->root, CONFIG_NODE_OBJECT, SC("Runtime"));
-    UCX_FOREACH(elm, list) {
-        ConfigNode *runtimeobj = elm->data;
-        if(cfg_handle_runtime(serverconfig, runtimeobj)) {
-            // error
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    ucx_list_free(list);
+    
     
     list = serverconfig_get_node_list(serverconf->root, CONFIG_NODE_OBJECT, SC("Threadpool"));
     UCX_FOREACH(elm, list) {