Yes I meant as root user in Linux, not the ROOT webapp. I could try giving tomcat user root group access; this is also potentially a security hole though?
On Tuesday 01 August 2006 12:14, you wrote: > It is possible to run as non root (assume the "root" here is "root" > for Unix/Linux?) > you can create a specific user say "tomcat" but still assign with > group root, or you can create group "tomcat", make sure your jdk is > accessible by the tomcat user and or group > > Is you mean the root application in tomcat, yes you can, simply copy > your web app structure (index.*, WEB-INF .... ) into root, or you can > modify the server.xml baseDoc pointing to / but not webapps, so when > you type xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080, it will start up your application .... > > Not sure whether it is what you are asking.. > > On 8/1/06, Paul McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to run Tomcat as non ROOT (desirable as I see from > > FAQs/other threads), but have a servlet that needs ROOT access? > > > > Or is the solution to have the servlet application code running as a > > separate daemon outside tomcat, with some form of comms to tomcat servlet > > when tasks need to be done? > > > > > > -Paul > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -Paul McMahon -01763 261 466 ext 569 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
