(newbie q) Connector vs running standalone Tomcat as root

[Barnet Wagman]

I'd like to hear people's opinions on the best way to have Tomcat 
accessible via standard ports (80 and 443).

As I understand it, under Linux (and other unixes), ports < 1000 must be 
run as root.  I've also read that there are some difficulties running 
Tomcat as root.  I gather that the alternative is to run Tomcat via a 
connector from Apache.

I have no particular need to run Apache - nearly everything on the site 
I'm putting together requires Tomcat.  Is running Tomcat as a root 
process really impossible and/or problematic (under Linux)?  Are there 
any other downsides to running Tomcat as a standalone server?

Thanks

bw

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