Thanks guys,
This sums up everything pretty well:
http://www.orionsupport.com/users.html
The root of the problem (pun intended) is here:
"Java, however, has no concept of a user, because Java is cross-platform
and some platforms don't have any real user (such as Win98, which uses the
term "user" very loosely.)"
cheers,
sach
%s/windows/linux/g
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Brian Beaulieu wrote:
> I tried this (had to recompile the library though).
>
> It says it's running it as user 'nobody' however all processes are
> stilled owned by nobody. When I attempt to create a directory '/blah'
> (shouldn't be able to), it works. I have to find a way to do this.
> I'm going to try running orion on a port > 1024 and do port forwarding
> but that might cause some issues with advanced functionality. I'll look
> at the JINI library to see if I can find the problem and do some more
> debugging. Are there any other solutions out there?
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
> Markus Holmberg wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 11:11:57AM -0700, Sach Jobb wrote:
> > > Has anyone found a way of running Orion on port80 without being root?
> > >
> > > I'm getting ready to launch a finance based site and i'm quite concerned
> > > about security. I've seen messages like this posted before but i have yet
> > > to see any kind of resolution. Any ideas?
> >
> > Changing Orion's uid using JNI:
> >
> > http://www.orionsupport.com/users.html
> >
> > Markus
> >
> > --
> >
> > Markus Holmberg | Give me Unix or give me a typewriter.
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>
