Thank for this information.
>This very much depends on the platform tomcat runs on. >On Linux and most Un*x-like operationg systems, no user except root >(i.e. anyone with effective uid 0) may open ports below 1024. Hence, on >these platforms, no other user can start tomcat on port 80, at least not >without outside help. What native unix-programs (like apache) do is they >meddle with the uid they are running under by the means of kernel >function calls, dropping their root-privileges after they open port 80 >and do other privileged stuff. > >Since I had no need for this myself, I do not know if there is any >solution around that allows java programms to effectively do the same. Does anybody know if there is a solution that allows this? Carey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
