Slackware Linux > Well, "no way" is a bit strong a statement. For > example Linux' netfilter > provides an owner match for locally generated packets. This > should be > usable to indeed create a per-user restriction of access to > the shutdown > port. > But since the OP didn't bother to tell us which OS > he's talking about, I > don't know if that's a solution for him.
Good thoughts. The access is restricted. The point of the port issue is really just a safeguard to prevent me from accidentially shutting down the wrong instance. > OTOH, if it occurred to me that it might be good to somehow > restrict the > possibility to use Tomcat's shutdown port to stop the > server, it would > probably occur to me that it might be even better to > rethink whom local > login rights should be granted on the machine. Thanks for the response, Fu-Tung --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]