I'm in favor of that, its much simpler.
Peter Dietz
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Mark H. Wood <mw...@iupui.edu> wrote:
> I'd like to take out the whole notion of creating a user "dspace" and
> let the Tomcat installation drive this aspect. People trip over this
> again and again, sometimes getting into quite a mess before seeking
> help.
>
> Really, the step-by-step instructions are incorrect. Step 1 is
> "create the DSpace user" and shows you how to create a user named
> "dspace". But the procedure assumes that Tomcat is already installed
> (see step 8), so the user used to run Tomcat is already created.
>
> Further, a lot of sites will probably just use their distro's package
> manager to install Tomcat, and that will create a user for it without
> regard to DSpace, probably naming it "tomcat".
>
> I think we should be advising people to find out what account Tomcat
> uses, and chown the DSpace files to that. Having the tail wag the
> 'cat is too confusing.
>
> --
> Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mw...@iupui.edu
> Machines should not be friendly. Machines should be obedient.
>
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