i'm a server-side java web developer. i know my way around a linux remote shell account. but i am by no means a sysadmin. so please cut me some slack if the solution to my problem seems really obvious to you linux/tomcat experts out there:
i have access to a virual private server account at vi.net (www.vi.net). vi.net gives its vps account holders a control panel "web appliance" called ensim (http://www.ensim.com/products/webppliance/linux/faq.html). however, i usually do all of my real work on this vps in the remote linux (redhat) shell. tomcat was automagically installed with a click of a button on the ensim control panel. when ensim installed tomcat it set the owner and group to "root" for most of the directories in $CATALINA_HOME and still others in that same directory have owner and group set to "tomcat4". for instance: /var/tomcat4/bin /var/tomcat4/classes /var/tomcat4/common /var/tomcat4/conf /var/tomcat4/lib /var/tomcat4/server all have owner and group set to "root". the permssions for all of the above is drwxr-xr-x. while: /var/tomcat4/logs /var/tomcat4/temp /var/tomcat4/webapps /var/tomcat4/work all have their owner and group set to "tomcat4". and again, the permssions for all of these is drwxr-xr-x. would this potentially cause any problems as far as you're aware? what *should* the owner and group be in a correct tomcat installation? one obvious problem with this - which i've already run into - only root can, say, upload jar files to /var/tomcat4/lib. doesn't tomcat need to be able to get at /var/tomcat4/lib too? don't the above permissions forbid tomcat from accessing this directory (and the others)? thanks for letting me pick your brains. and thanks in advance for your help. take care. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
