It's not unusual to be allowed to install software, as long as it
doesn't require root access or conflict with anything existing. I've
been using rexx on the freeshell servers, which is fine with non-root
access, and I just work without using features that require root
access.
Maybe a compromise
Ok, some clarification. I am NOT talking about making the install
available to a non-root user. I am only speaking to running rxapi as a
non-root user. The install will still need to be performed by root.
What will happen is that just after rxapi writes to the pid file code
will be added that
Does this still mean that write authority for the pid file is still
required? Eliminating the root privileges is a good thing, but it
won't allow the USB stick version unless you can start rxapi as root.
I'm not really sure I understand what that particular file is used for.
Rick
On Wed, Jul
I think switching to a non-root user is good.
It is also unnecessary if the process is already started as non-root.
The reason for starting it as root is, as far as I know now, only to
write the pid file on a portion of the filesystem that is not writeble
by non-root. If the pid file ony
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, René Jansenrvjan...@xs4all.nl wrote:
Currently we also have the problem of the socket port being used for
rxapi being hard coded to a single value.
If my miesfeld account starts the rxapi process on a multi-user
system, and then another user account goes to run
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, René Jansenrvjan...@xs4all.nl wrote:
Which brings me to the question if the test suite has tests in it that
hammer the rxapi process from different user processes at the same time,
because that is what is going to happen eventually.
We have always and
This is a ToDo I assigned myself but have never gotten around to. The
IANA group is responsible for assigning network ports to applications
(all of them, not just the ones = 1024).
I need to apply for a permanent port for ooRexx. I will try to do this ASAP.
David Ashley
On 07/15/2009 11:37
All -
I sent an application to IANA (a suborganization of ICANN) to have a
well known port assigned to ooRexx for our use. If approved, the port
will be assigned to the ooRexx application, but that does not mean that
it is reserved! Just that ooRexx will become a well known user of that port.
