Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E9A013282 for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 07:42:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 18746 invoked by uid 500); 6 May 2011 07:42:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 18586 invoked by uid 500); 6 May 2011 07:42:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@tomcat.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list users@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 18571 invoked by uid 99); 6 May 2011 07:42:25 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 May 2011 07:42:25 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of miki@ceti.pl designates 62.121.128.52 as permitted sender) Received: from [62.121.128.52] (HELO alfa.ceti.pl) (62.121.128.52) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 May 2011 07:42:16 +0000 Received: from tau.ceti.pl (tau.ceti.pl [62.121.128.11]) by alfa.ceti.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC67D57FB for ; Fri, 6 May 2011 09:41:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from poczta2.ceti.pl (unknown [62.121.128.70]) by tau.ceti.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56142202FE7; Fri, 6 May 2011 09:41:56 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 09:41:56 +0200 From: Mikolaj Rydzewski To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Tomcat 6 crash, no log, no =?UTF-8?Q?hs=5Ferr=5Fpid=20file?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <35e4e39c69a9a06d8a56d912f1aed86b@tau.ceti.pl> X-Sender: miki@ceti.pl User-Agent: CETI Webmail/0.5.1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Fri, 6 May 2011 02:35:17 +0200, Jakub Królikowski wrote: >> My $0.02: do not run tomcat as root. > > Why? For security purposes. One should run processes/services with lowest privileges possible. Is there any reason you have to run it as root? If so, implement a lightweight daemon that will run with root priviliges and run tomcat as a normal user. -- Mikolaj Rydzewski --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org