On 6/4/2013 10:30 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote: > In the DSpace context, would it be fair to say that, while developers > take reasonable care, DSpace is not tested to run as root and should > not be so used?
I think that's correct. Our DSpace Installation documentation specifically recommends that DSpace be installed under its own "service account" (a user named 'dspace'). We don't explicitly warn against using 'root'. (To be honest, it's really up to you and your local policies what you want to do. I, personally, never run DSpace as 'root'. I always create a service account and run DSpace & Tomcat as that user.) However, if you follow our DSpace instruction guidelines, the very first step is to create a 'dspace' service user (and to run Tomcat as that user). See Step #1 here: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC4x/Installation#Installation-InstallationInstructions - Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
