> Linux/UNIX systems do not allow unprivileged userids to access ports < > 1024. Although you can run Tomcat under the root userid, this is not > recommended for security reasons. Instead, start Tomcat with jsvc: > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/setup.html#Unix%20daemon > > - Chuck >
I compiled jsvc per tomcat 5.5 documentation. [Linux] service tomcat5 stop [Linux] ./bin/jsvc -Djava.endorsed.dirs=./common/endorsed -cp ./bin/bootstrap.jar -outfile ./logs/catalina.out -errfile ./logs/catalina.err org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap No errors at the prompt. Checking catalina.out logfile: Dec 12, 2009 1:25:50 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol start SEVERE: Error starting endpoint java.net.BindException: Permission denied:80 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.initEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:298) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.startEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:313) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol.start(Http11BaseProtocol.java:151) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.start(Http11Protocol.java:76) at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.start(Connector.java:1090) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:457) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.commons.daemon.support.DaemonLoader.start(DaemonLoader.java:177) Dec 12, 2009 1:25:50 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start SEVERE: Catalina.start: LifecycleException: service.getName(): "Catalina"; Protocol handler start failed: java.net.BindException: Per mission denied:80 at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.start(Connector.java:1097) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:457) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.commons.daemon.support.DaemonLoader.start(DaemonLoader.java:177) Dec 12, 2009 1:25:50 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 641 ms