> I usually keep a pretty open ear to this list and I think I > remember hearing that there is either a bug or some > configuration issue, where CFMX 7 in a JRun installation > needs to be run as root? I have a customer that seems to > feel that if they start CFMX7 as the user specified during > the installation that the receive errors like "Unable to > access log files" etc... Is this true? Any help would be > greatly appreciated.
This is absolutely false. You can run CFMX 7 on Linux or Solaris as a completely unprivileged user. On Solaris, at least, the runtime user doesn't even need to have a shell. The same goes for the Verity K2 engine provided with CFMX 7. However, it's pretty common to run into wacky permissions issues. For example, last week I installed CFMX 7 Multiserver on Solaris 9, and Verity didn't install properly. It turns out that the Solaris admin had followed common security hardening procedures, and assigned a false shell to the non-privileged "apache" and "nobody" accounts. The false shell caused the installation to fail - we had to remove the shell reference in /etc/passwd. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:14:4129 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/14 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:14 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
