RE: Running tomcat as user other than root
localhost $: su - tomcatuser localhost $: CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh localhost $: exit She'll need the password to the tomcat user account. John -Original Message- From: Philip Juels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Running tomcat as user other than root I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer How can I start/stop tomcat as a user other than root? I have a webmaster that I'd like to give the ability to restart tomcat, but I don't want to give her root access to the server (RH7.3 on an intel platform). Thanks, Philip Juels IT Manager Harvard-Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics 65 Landsdowne St Cambridge, MA 02139 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.768.8292 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Running tomcat as user other than root
Oops...that should be $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh. John -Original Message- From: Turner, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:34 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Running tomcat as user other than root localhost $: su - tomcatuser localhost $: CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh localhost $: exit She'll need the password to the tomcat user account. John -Original Message- From: Philip Juels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Running tomcat as user other than root I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer How can I start/stop tomcat as a user other than root? I have a webmaster that I'd like to give the ability to restart tomcat, but I don't want to give her root access to the server (RH7.3 on an intel platform). Thanks, Philip Juels IT Manager Harvard-Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics 65 Landsdowne St Cambridge, MA 02139 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.768.8292 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running tomcat as user other than root
If she starts it, she can stop it and restart it. Unless you have modified TC to use ports below 1000, which only worsk for root. On Tuesday 17 December 2002 10:04, Philip Juels wrote: I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer How can I start/stop tomcat as a user other than root? I have a webmaster that I'd like to give the ability to restart tomcat, but I don't want to give her root access to the server (RH7.3 on an intel platform). Thanks, Philip Juels IT Manager Harvard-Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics 65 Landsdowne St Cambridge, MA 02139 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.768.8292 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
