Hi David
This is what I do:
http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Prepare_Ubuntu/S08#Step_8.5_Setup_Tomcat_server_permissions
Cheers
hg
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On 19 December 2014 at 22:33, Baker, David A. <daba...@milligan.edu> wrote:
> I’m doing some testing using Ubuntu server 14.04.1 and DSpace 4.2
>
>
>
> Ubuntu’s package manager creates a service user, tomcat7, for running
> Tomcat. So instead of fighting with Ubuntu, I am using that user to run the
> Tomcat service. Also, I have created a Linux user account, dspace, that I
> log into the server with.
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> Is it OK that I did my Maven/Ant build/install using my normal user,
> dspace, and then gave ownership and permissions of all of my dspace files
> to the Tomcat user, tomcat7?
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>
> Ubuntu gives the tomcat7 user a home directory of “/usr/share/tomcat7” and
> a shell of “/bin/false”, so without changing the user I am unable to do any
> building with it. Would it be better if I were to assign “/home/tomcat7” to
> my Tomcat service user so it can do the build, or is there some reason that
> the Ubuntu package manager has assigned “/usr/share/tomcat7” as the home
> directory? I don’t want to break the service user account, and I don’t want
> to cause some problem down the road by doing the build/install with a
> normal user.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
>
>
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> David Baker
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