Sounds like you have a good handle on things. You'll be fine. The best thing is that you are asking for help and suggestions...I've worked with a lot of people over the years who always insisted they knew exactly what to do all the time and were too stubborn to ask when they had a question. They usually ended up getting burned or fired or both, eventually.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Denise Mangano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:18 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: [OFF-TOPIC] RE: Na�ve question about root > > > Alright then. I get it now... > > John - Yes, the prompt is like the Windows log in prompt. > Also, yes, Apache > and Tomcat both are started automatically when the system > boots, so as you, > and Andrew have pointed out, I will not log in as you both > mention that I do > not have to. I absolutely did not know this. And finally > yes, I am using > SSH, NOT telnet and I do log in as myself (for the most > part). I have been > switching back and forth between root as needed, because I did really > understand just what the "su" command did. But I will set up > users and > group as per your suggestions. > > Matt - I will be using some servlets/JSP with my site that is > hosted on > Apache.... And there is no development team, no system admins, no > integrators... There is just poor little ol' me ;) > > Thanks again for your help!! > > Denise Mangano > Help Desk Analyst > Complus Data Innovations, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Turner, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:46 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: [OFF-TOPIC] RE: Na�ve question about root > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Denise Mangano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:37 PM > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > Subject: RE: [OFF-TOPIC] RE: Na�ve question about root > > > > > > Wow, how do you know all this stuff? :) I will certainly > > have to pick up a > > book on System Administration.... > > Self-taught. Back in the day had a job much like yours (from > what you have > said in the past), and was given the responsibility of a UNIX > server for a > new project. Had to learn as I went along. That was about > 12 years ago. > Systems administration is a career in and of itself, I know > sys-admins that > have been doing it for 30-40 years. It's definitely not the same as > development, though there is some overlap. > > > As far as what I meant by "logged in as root" - when I boot > > my server it > > prompts me for a user name and password. I enter root and > > the password. > > Then leave the box be and do my work as the user I created, from my > > workstation. So rather, instead of doing this, it is better > > to be entering > > my created user account and password? > > OK, I think I understand what you mean. When you say > "prompts for username > and password", is it a graphical prompt, Windows-ish? Or > text-based? Either > way, there is no need for you to login. Linux boxes are > servers...that > means when they boot up, there are any number of applications > that start up > automatically and run as system services. Things like DNS, sendmail, > Apache, maybe FTP, etc. > > So, once you see that prompt, you are good to go. You can > walk away, there > is no need to log in. You can just go back to your > workstation and log in > from there, hopefully using SSH (Secure Shell) and not > telnet. Telnet is > bad because everything, including passwords, are transmitted > in the clear. > On a LAN you are probably OK, but if the server was across > the country in > another state, using telnet would be a really bad idea > because anyone in > between could intercept that traffic and grab your password. > SSH is your > friend, always. > > When you log in from your workstation, you want to log in as > you and do your > work. Switching to root should be something that you need to do only > occasionally. > > > > > Can a user belong to more than one group? For example if > user denise > > belongs to group tomcat and was owner of all webapps, could denise > > belong to group apache as well so denise has rights to all apache > > files? > > Yes, a user can belong to more than one group. They will > have a primary > group, and then can belong to any number of other groups. > For example, user > bob and user alice belong to the group users, but bob also > belongs to tomcat > and accounting, while alice belongs to group sales. > > > Well, thanks...yet again!! Looks like I am headed to the > > bookstore tonight! > > :) (btw, going to close the office door tomorrow morning, > > get a large cup > > of coffee - and sit down to tackle mod_jk again tomorrow) > > No problem, glad to help. I've had the privilege of learning > from some > amazingly intelligent and wise people in the past, in my own > small way I > just want to complete the circle at some level, even if I am > still learning > as well. > > Hopefully I will have a new HOWTO tonight, for the new > version of JK and > Tomcat 4.1.17, so perhaps you won't have the problems you > have had in the > past. > > John > > > -- > 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]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
