It may be because the permission for the shutdown.sh script was granted to
everyone. Change the permissions for the shutdown script so not everyone
can execute it. HTH.
:^)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian George [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 8:54 AM
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> Subject: RE: *** Ordinary users can kill the tomcat server? ***
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Arcadio A. Sincero Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 4:55 PM
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> > Subject: *** Ordinary users can kill the tomcat server? ***
> >
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I noticed that even if I start tomcat as root, ordinary users can
> > simply run
> > the shutdown.sh script themselves and cause it to terminate.
> > This can't be
> > right, can it? I mean, it doesn't seem like normal users should
> > be able to
> > kill system services right? Did I do something wrong in the
> configuration
> > or is this normal behavior? Thanks.
> >
> > - Arcadio
> >
> >
