Hmm. I don't see where you find the "run my html page as a user" analogy.
I understand midtier's files are not executables. My simple concern is that since Midtier files will be owned by a user different than the user tomcat runs as, I need to find a way to have tomcat work with this situation. I will experiment with permissions on midtier's files. I can change the group owner of the midtier files, so changing it to a group tomcat user is a member of and changing group permissions may do the trick. Besides this issue, I am trying to find out what I need to have them do with the httpd.conf. I will start with the section on updating httpd.conf for uninstalling midtier. Adding that part should work. Thanks for your comment. --- On Mon, 8/17/09, Axton <axton.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Axton <axton.gr...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Installing Midtier 7.1 on Existing Apache/Tomcat Installation > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 9:24 PM > ** > Tomcat is a process that runs as a user. Mid-tier is just > a bunch of files that tomcat serves up. Not sure how to > run a bunch of files as a user... It's akin to saying, > I have a web server and I want to run my html pages as a > different user. > > > You can change the owner of the files that are the > mid-tier, but if you change them in a way that the user that > tomcat runs as can not update them, you will lock yourself > out of making mid-tier configuration changes through > /app/share/config/config.jsp. > > > The closest you can get to running it as another user is > running a separate instance of Tomcat altogether; one that > is only used for the mid-tier. > > Axton Grams > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:15 PM, > Rabi Tripathi <ars_l...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Axton, > > I'm working in a very restricted environment with no > root access and no ability to become the user tomcat runs > as. > > > > So, I am planning to deploy midtier as a service a/c I have > access to, which is different from the a/c tomcat runs as, > and then have the right people modify files beyond midtier > install directory. > > > > It's not very clear from the documentation what those > updates are that need to be made to non-midtier areas in the > system. I know about httpd.conf. They don't tell you how > to update this file, but based on the unsintall part of the > guide, I have a paragraph I am planning to have added to > it. > > > > > Besides, as you mentioned, I need to worry about my use of > service a/c and whether tomcat will have any issue with it. > > > > I can ask to have midtier be deployed as the user tomcat > runs as, but unless there is no other way, I don't want > to go there. > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Axton <axton.gr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > ** Only caveats are the native libraries used by the > Remedy Java api. These will need to be in the > LD_LIBRARY_PATH when tomcat is started. > > > > Deploying the mid-tier is just like deploying any > other j2ee war/ear/directory/application. > > > > Mid-Tier will run as the user that Tomcat runs as. > For this reason, the files deployed with the application > should be owned by that user so that the mid-tier config > page can update the config.properties located in the > WEB-INF/classes directory. Not sure what you mean by > 'mid-tier will be installed as yet another non-root > user.' > > > > > Axton Grams > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Rabi Tripathi > <ars_l...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have Apache/Tomcat 2.2.8 in solaris already > installed by sys admins. I'm trying to install Midtier > 7.1 on top of it. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > > Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net > ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > > _Platinum Sponsor: rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: > "Where the Answers Are"_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
