There are other alternatives, as well: - use a port forwarder to forward port 80 to port 8080 (or some other port) - use a tool like authbind and its kin - use chroot (there was a discussion about this on tomcat-dev but it didn't look easy) - probably more
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Jake Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:23 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Tomcat as root and security issues > > > Use Apache and a connector like mod_jk. In this setup, > Tomcat typically > runs on port 8009, and Apache uses the connector to send > relevant requests > to Tomcat. > > -Jake > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "McBrayer, Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:20 PM > Subject: Tomcat as root and security issues > > > > I received a response to a question on Tomcat security that > said if I > wanted > > to run Tomcat as standalone on port 80, I might have to > > run it as root and this was potentially unsafe. What > methods are available > > to avoid these potentially unsafe issues? > > > > Thanks, > > Roy McBrayer > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Xiongfei Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:10 PM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: problem in apache-tomacat virtual hosting > > > > > > I guess I need separate server.xml for each virtual host. > Can anybody > > give some suggestions or point to some website i can set up > > multiple server.xml for each virtual host? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Xiongfei Wang wrote: > > > > > I have install apache-tomcat in my redhat7.3 server. > thanks for all > > > howtos (John's and others) > > > > > > I have a new problem. I have apache virtual host in my > server. Now. > > > if i do http://myvirtualhost1/examples, and > http://myvirtualhost/examples > > > the point to the servelet jsp example page. Is there a > way i can set up > > > apache-tomcat vitual host? In this i can keep some info > not shareed by > two > > > vitualhost? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
