Hi Sean, Personally I think its good Unix practice to avoid using root and use a more specific user account wherever possible. What do you run Tomcat as ? It might be sufficient to use the same user for the handle server. You could start the process from some sort of init script using something like (from 'man su')
example% su - bin -c "command args" Cheers, Robin. -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Carte Sent: 25 July 2008 10:25 To: [email protected] Subject: [Dspace-tech] Running Handle Server As Root Are there any pitfalls to running the handle server as the root user? I want to create init scripts to start the handle server automatically at boot, and running it as the root user would seem to be the easiest way to accomplish this. Sean -- Sean Carte esAL Library Systems Manager +27 72 898 8775 +27 31 373 2490 fax: 0866741254 http://esal.dut.ac.za/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
