Tomcat (& Axis) runs as which ever use executes ./startup.sh
> -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Emmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Axis (or tomcat?) runs as root? OT > > > > I would assume that you are getting this behavior because you are > > running Tomcat itself as root. Perhaps you are listening on port 80 > > (which requires you to run as root). > > I thought so too, but for the life of me I can't find where > to set the > user tomcat runs as (and I'm running on 8080, so I don't need > to run as > root and would prefer not to). Does tomcat just run as > whoever executes > the $tomcat/bin/startup.sh script? Surely I don't have to su > to nobody > everytime I want to start or reload tomcat, right? > > I'll post to the tomcat list as well, but if you happen to > know how to > sort this, I'd appreciate the help. > > Cheers, > -Josh Emmons >
