On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, GOMEZ Henri wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:48:51 +0200
> From: GOMEZ Henri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Tomcat RPM polls
>
> Hi to all,
>
> I'd like to have the opinion of Tomcat RPMS users
> about some points since I'm working on enhanced RPMs :
>
> 1) Do you want tomcat to be changed to run as nobody instead
> of root ?
>
+1
> 2) Do you want tomcat to be enabled by default, ie having
> it active after installation ?
>
Can't you set things up for the installer to ask the user this? It would
be nice to make this easy, but enabling by default is a security risk.
> 3) Do you want the config stuff to be moved from /var/tomcat/conf
> to :
>
> /etc/tomcat/conf (mimic Apache httpd server conf)
> /etc/tomcat/
>
Does the RPM packaging support the ability (courtesy of catalina.base) to
store static stuff one place, and have multiple installations of the
dynamic stuff?
> 4) Do you want the webapp stuff moved to /var/www/webapps ?
>
Would /var/tomcat/webapps be more consistent? Someone unfamiliar with
things would not necessarily tie "www" to Tomcat.
> 5) Do you want the log stuff moved to /var/log/tomcat ?
>
Makes sense.
> Thanks for your replies
>
>
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>
Craig
