thanks to both of your replies, I undid my original modification and did the following:
Edited the conf file using: vi etc/tomcat4/conf/tomcat4.conf Change the user section of this file from: TOMCAT_USER="tomcat4" to TOMCAT_USER="myUser" Then I entered (from root): chown -R myUser /var/tomcat4/ to give ownership of the tomcat4 files/directories to myUser Now when I am logged in as myUser, I can start/stop tomcat. Thanks again for your help and for rescuing me from my newbie-ness. S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
