Cathy-
Do *not* run coldfusion as the nobody user then. CFMX requires the user it
runs as have a valid shell on solaris as solaris SU does not allow for on the fly
shell definition to run a given command.
CF5 bypassed this by having an internal SUID system. CFMX does not.
Jesse Noller
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Macromedia Server Development
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cathy Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:48 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: 2nd question - Run MX as nobody? - Solution
>
> No, that's not a viable solution. I cannot give 'nobody' a shell. That
> defeats the purpose of nobody.
>
> I posted in the forum (hey Troy, that was probably me!) and am not
> receiving a response and have also submitted a bug report. I have narrowed
> it down to this:
>
> CFMX will run as nobody if no shell is specified (nothing at the end of
> the line in /etc/passwd). It will not run if /dev/null or /bin/false is
> specified as the shell. The gov't agency I work for has strict
> requirements that one of the above be specified. This worked for for CF
> 4.5 and 5.0. It suddenly does not work with CFMX. (It also works for all
> web servers we have run and currently run, so should not be a major issue).
>
> Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I'm kind of bummed I haven't received
> any reply from Macromedia though to at least confirm my suspicion and say,
> "Hey, we'll get right on that!". We're at a standstill until it's resolved.
>
> Thanks for the feedback! I seem to miss some using the digest and will try
> to pay more attention!
>
> Cathy
>
>
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