Sean Machin wrote:
> I'm setting up a Linux server with Tomcat that will be used for field
> trialing.  The server will be connected
> to the public Internet.  Is it typical practice to have Tomcat installed
> and running as root on a system
> like this, or should it be running as a less privileged user?

The latter.
One of the possible options you might want to consider in this case is jsvc - 
it's source code comes with the Tomcat distribution and is located in the bin 
directory. It allows you to run Tomcat without root priviledges and 
nevertheless bind to privileged ports.

Regards
  mks

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