'nobody' would be a bad choice. You'd be better off creating a user called tomcat or something similar and running tomcat as that user.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Sanjaya Singharage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 11:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OK to run tomcat as nobody? > > > This is a follow up to the post "why run romcat as root" (I > meant to say > "why run tomcat as nobody"). > > After reading all the replies. My solution would be to run > apache as root > on port 80 and then run tomcat behind the scenes using a connector and > running a user other than root. What I want to know is are there any > security concerns running tomcat as nobody? > > Thnak you very much for the previous replies. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
