I just attempted to install the Tomcat 3.2.3 binary distribution on redhat 7.1. I untarred jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3.tar.gz as instructed but the resulting permissions didn't match the content. Specifically, all extracted files and directories had permissions of 644. This is clearly not correct as some files are executable and most directories should be world accessible. Command to untar: cd /usr/local; tar xvpzf /root/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3.tar.gz Am I missing something or was the tarball packaged incorrectly? Please advise? Thanks, Joel Fowler P.S. I could guess and chmod selected files from the distribution but I don't think this is the right way to go about constructing a reliable and secure service.
