I think the norm is to: Create a user that will be used to run tomcat (like "tomcat").
Use chown on the tomcat direcctory (often /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-xxx). Create the needed environment variables in the "tomcat" user's .bash_profile script (as mentioned in the other posts). On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 14:39, FRANCOIS Dufour wrote: > thanks for the hint still im french so im having a hard time understanding > those terms > so i have to log in as root copy catalina content under / %home folder % > and edit that variable so wen i run startup.sh the executable find itself > would it work if i > edit startup.sh and include in there the corect path to catalina and jdk ? > wondering > can i do that > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > administrateur http://entre-nous.qc.tc > > > > >From: Alain Gaeremynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: set an environement variable under fedora core3 > >Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:52:52 -0500 > > > >In Linux / bash you can set any environement variable using > >export VAR_NAME="var value" > >you can do that in the script itself, in the user's .bash_profile file or > >in the shell directly > > > > > >FRANCOIS Dufour wrote: > > > >>hi to all > >> > >>im used to work on windows im actualy tring to find were to set these > >>variable under linux > >>sombody could give mee an hint ? > >> > >>thanks in advance > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>administrateur http://entre-nous.qc.tc > >> > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>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] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
