So its behavior is expected when launched manually as a non-root user, and when launched manually as a root user.
That leaves the launch at boot time from init.d with unexpected behavior - is the boot script not being launched under root authority? Or is there a known corrective action? Thanks, ----- Original Message ----- From: "QM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 9:21 PM Subject: Re: JSVC, Redhat 8, and TomCat 5.0.xx startup > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 08:48:06PM -0500, David Johnson wrote: > : When using jsvc to srart the Tomcat server with its own user ID, launched from > : a shell script in init.d during startup, jsvc aborts. If, on the other hand, > : I launch the exact same script while logged in a root, the daemon launches > : correctly and stays in memory. Finally, if I log in as "tomcat", it fails > : with exactly the same results as if it were launched during startup. > > jsvc expects to be run as root such that it can call setuid() and > setgid() to change to the nonroot user that actually runs the daemon > process. > > IIRC since jsvc expects root privs, calls to setuid() and setgid() fail > when it is run as a nonroot user (in your case, "tomcat") even though > said user is the intended daemon user. > > Long story short: sounds like expected behavior to me. ;) > > -QM > > -- > > software -- http://www.brandxdev.net > tech news -- http://www.RoarNetworX.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
