I run Tomcat under a separate user account. I avoid running services as root whenever possible.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Paries [mailto:randy.paries@;unitnet.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 1:56 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: Best practices question > > > Hello, > > I was wondering are most people starting tomcat from root, or are they > doing it other ways. > > What is the suggestion for this. > > How big are the security issues if started by root > > Would it be ok to start it by user apache? > > Thanks > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
