That's an unsettling feeling.
Never trust incoming form data, but if Tomcat is running as a less
priveledged user, the potential damage from malformed form data is reduced.
I personally would never run a web app as root just for the black hole of
security issues dealing with the outside internet.
My two cents on the subject.
--David
On Friday 17 August 2001 11:38 am, you wrote:
> Yes.. as root!
>
> R.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Cassidy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 5:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Why and How Tomcat before Apache?
>
> > check out if you can do a rm -rf * from within java...
> >
> > Don't know if you can, don't know how well the JVM will
> > protect you but
> >
> > I run mine as a different user.
> >
> > Do you run your apache as root ?
> >
> > David
> >
> > Martin van den Bemt wrote:
> > > Please tell me what is dangerous about running tomcat as root? I've
> > > taken
> > > the following security measures :
> > > port 8007 and 8009 is blocked from the outside (firewall)
> > > tomcat is not running on 8080 and only allowing communications from
> > > localhost (127.0.0.1).
> > > The only potential problem is that if a tomcat /apache bug is
> > > exploited, you potentially have a problem.
> > >
> > > Looks pretty solid to me though..
> > >
> > > Mvgr,
> > > martin
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > >
> > > Behalf
> > >
> > > > Of David Cassidy
> > > > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 4:54 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: Why and How Tomcat before Apache?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > unless you want to run your tomcat as root ( Very unwise )
> > > > makesure that you use a 'su' command in your
> > > > call to tomcat's start script...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > > Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > > > > Just hack apachectl script to launch tomcat just before apache, and
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > > > shut it down right aftwards.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 17 Aug 2001 16:43:41 +0200, Roberto B. wrote:
> > > > > > Ok ! but.. do you know the way to make this in automatic ( with
> > > > >
> > > > > scripts at
> > > > >
> > > > > > system start ) ??
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Barnabas Yohannes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 3:39 PM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Why and How Tomcat before Apache?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I cannot answer your "why" question, because, I am not one of
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > > > developers
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > of apache or tomcat. But here is the answer to your "how"
> > >
> > > question:
> > > > > > > *To stop and start your tomcat:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > cd /usr/local/tomcat
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > bin/shutdown.sh
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > bin/startup.sh
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > *Exit from tomcat and go to your apache server:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > su
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > exit
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > * Another way of stopping and starting apache:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > bin/apachectl stop
> > > > > > > bin/apachectl start
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > From: "Roberto B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 4:50 AM
> > > > > > > Subject: Why and How Tomcat before Apache?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I have a Linux/Debian system.
> > > > > > > > I want to use Apache as web-server and Tomcat only for JSP
> > >
> > > file.
> > >
> > > > > > > > Is it true that it is necessary to make start Tomcat before
> > > > >
> > > > > Apache?
> > > > >
> > > > > > Why?..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > and if it is true.. how??
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > > > Roberto.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
> > > > > + Whatever you do will be insignificant,
> > > > >
> > > > > | but it is very important that you do it -- Ghandi
> > > > >
> > > > > + So let's do it...?
