Hi Chris,
> Am 23.02.2018 um 18:36 schrieb Cheltenham, Chris > <ccheltenham-...@philasd.org>: > > Hello All, > > I am trying to run tomcat as a non root user. > > It will start as the tomcat user but it will not bind to connector 443 unless > it starts as root. > > Does anyone know why? Unix will not let you open ports below 1024 as non-root user! You may use a proxy in front of it or maybe use iptables to be able to use standard ports AND user tomcat. > 23-Feb-2018 09:14:59.140 SEVERE [main] > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initInternal Failed to initialize > connector [Connector[HTTP/1.1-443]] > org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to initialize component > [Connector[HTTP/1.1-443]] > > I’m using java 9.0.4 and Tomcat 8.5.28 > > > =========================== > > Thank You; > > Chris Cheltenham > Technology Services > The School District of Philadelphia > > Work # 215-400-5025 > Cell # 215-301-6571 Best regards Peter