Chris, I'm assuming there isn't any particular Linux distribution's, or other
*nix OS's package manager that plays more nicely with DSpace.
Thanks for the input - I'll consider this route.
--
David Baker
Digital Resources & Web Development Specialist
Milligan College - P.H. Welshimer Memorial Library
423-461-8703 | library.milligan.edu<http://library.milligan.edu/>
From: Chris Gray [mailto:cpg...@uwaterloo.ca]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 4:47 PM
To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net; Baker, David A.
Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Must I Build/Install as Tomcat service user?
You will run into many problems along the way. I started that way and had to
revert.
DSpace seems to be programmed under the assumption that $CATALINA_BASE is the
same as $CATALINA_HOME (which it isn't under the Ubuntu/Debian package) and
that Tomcat is run by the dspace user. You'll have problems with DSpace
looking in the wrong place for files and with file permission conflicts between
the tomcat7 and dspace user.
If you don't want to fight with Ubuntu or with DSpace (and you won't win
anyway), then install Tomcat from a binary distribution from the Apache Tomcat
site and install it as the dspace user.
Good luck,
Chris Gray
Systems Analyst
519-888-4567, ext. 35764
cpg...@uwaterloo.ca<mailto:cpg...@uwaterloo.ca>
University of Waterloo
On 14-12-19 03:33 PM, Baker, David A. wrote:
I'm doing some testing using Ubuntu server 14.04.1 and DSpace 4.2
Ubuntu's package manager creates a service user, tomcat7, for running Tomcat.
So instead of fighting with Ubuntu, I am using that user to run the Tomcat
service. Also, I have created a Linux user account, dspace, that I log into the
server with.
Is it OK that I did my Maven/Ant build/install using my normal user, dspace,
and then gave ownership and permissions of all of my dspace files to the
Tomcat user, tomcat7?
Ubuntu gives the tomcat7 user a home directory of "/usr/share/tomcat7" and a
shell of "/bin/false", so without changing the user I am unable to do any
building with it. Would it be better if I were to assign "/home/tomcat7" to my
Tomcat service user so it can do the build, or is there some reason that the
Ubuntu package manager has assigned "/usr/share/tomcat7" as the home directory?
I don't want to break the service user account, and I don't want to cause some
problem down the road by doing the build/install with a normal user.
Thanks for any info!
--
David Baker
Digital Resources & Web Development Specialist
Milligan College - P.H. Welshimer Memorial Library
423-461-8703 | library.milligan.edu<http://library.milligan.edu/>
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