[Mid-post - sorry!] > From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Well ... here's the problem. jsvc needs that pid file to shutdown > tomcat. It would be a real PITA if some user or script were to muck > around and damage or delete that file. > > Having said that, most *nix systems have a sticky bit ability to force > permissions on newly created files in specific folders. Or you could > modify your service script to chmod the pid file on startup.
Indeed. 644 might be preferable to 666, I suspect - would at least prevent deletion and alteration! > > --David > > Gunnar Boström wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I can start and stop Tomcat 5.5 with the jsvc program but > the problem is > >that the pid file is created with permissions 600 and owned by root. > >I want to be able to read the pid file to check if the > Tomcat process is up > >and running > >and also for other purposes. > > > >Is it possible to make the pid file be owned by the user > that runs Tomcat or > >have the permissions to be set to 666? > > > >Regards > >Gunnar > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
