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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by GOMEZ Henri <hg...@slib.fr> on 2001/09/20 10:48:51 UTC
Tomcat RPM polls
Hi to all,
I'd like to have the opinion of Tomcat RPMS users
about some points since I'm working on enhanced RPMs :
1) Do you want tomcat to be changed to run as nobody instead
of root ?
2) Do you want tomcat to be enabled by default, ie having
it active after installation ?
3) Do you want the config stuff to be moved from /var/tomcat/conf
to :
/etc/tomcat/conf (mimic Apache httpd server conf)
/etc/tomcat/
4) Do you want the webapp stuff moved to /var/www/webapps ?
5) Do you want the log stuff moved to /var/log/tomcat ?
Thanks for your replies
-
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Re: Tomcat RPM polls
Posted by Pedro Morais <pm...@rnl.ist.utl.pt>.
Em Quinta, 20 de Setembro de 2001 09:48, escreveste:
> Hi to all,
>
> I'd like to have the opinion of Tomcat RPMS users
> about some points since I'm working on enhanced RPMs :
>
> 1) Do you want tomcat to be changed to run as nobody instead
> of root ?
yes
>
> 2) Do you want tomcat to be enabled by default, ie having
> it active after installation ?
no. security concerns.
You can, however, add something like this to the rpc description
and/or echo it at post:
Tomcat is not enable by default. Run the following commands to enable it.
/sbin/chkconfig tomcat on
/sbin/service tomcat start
>
> 3) Do you want the config stuff to be moved from /var/tomcat/conf
> to :
>
> /etc/tomcat/conf (mimic Apache httpd server conf)
> /etc/tomcat/
yes
>
> 4) Do you want the webapp stuff moved to /var/www/webapps ?
yes
>
> 5) Do you want the log stuff moved to /var/log/tomcat ?
yes
>
> Thanks for your replies
>
>
> -
> Henri Gomez ___[_]____
> EMAIL : hgomez@slib.fr (. .)
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Re: Tomcat RPM polls
Posted by Christopher Cain <cc...@mhsoftware.com>.
GOMEZ Henri wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> I'd like to have the opinion of Tomcat RPMS users
> about some points since I'm working on enhanced RPMs :
>
> 1) Do you want tomcat to be changed to run as nobody instead
> of root ?
+1
> 2) Do you want tomcat to be enabled by default, ie having
> it active after installation ?
-1 on "enabled by default"
> 3) Do you want the config stuff to be moved from /var/tomcat/conf
> to :
>
> /etc/tomcat/conf (mimic Apache httpd server conf)
> /etc/tomcat/
+1
> 4) Do you want the webapp stuff moved to /var/www/webapps ?
I'd like to see it moved out of the /usr/local/tomcat dir, but I don't
have a preference as to where it should go.
> 5) Do you want the log stuff moved to /var/log/tomcat ?
+1
- Christopher
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Re: Tomcat RPM polls
Posted by Jun Inamori <ju...@oop-reserch.com>.
Bonjour Henri,
Thank you for your effort on RPM distribution.
> 1) Do you want tomcat to be changed to run as nobody instead
> of root ?
Yes.
> 2) Do you want tomcat to be enabled by default, ie having
> it active after installation ?
No.
> 3) Do you want the config stuff to be moved from
> /var/tomcat/conf to :
>
> /etc/tomcat/conf (mimic Apache httpd server conf)
> /etc/tomcat/
Yes.
> 4) Do you want the webapp stuff moved to /var/www/webapps ?
Yes.
> 5) Do you want the log stuff moved to /var/log/tomcat ?
Yes.
Best regards,
--
Happy Java programming!
Jun Inamori
OOP-Reserch
E-mail: jun@oop-reserch.com
URL: http://www.oop-reserch.com/
Re: Tomcat RPM polls
Posted by "Craig R. McClanahan" <cr...@apache.org>.
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, GOMEZ Henri wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:48:51 +0200
> From: GOMEZ Henri <hg...@slib.fr>
> Reply-To: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> To: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org, tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Tomcat RPM polls
>
> Hi to all,
>
> I'd like to have the opinion of Tomcat RPMS users
> about some points since I'm working on enhanced RPMs :
>
> 1) Do you want tomcat to be changed to run as nobody instead
> of root ?
>
+1
> 2) Do you want tomcat to be enabled by default, ie having
> it active after installation ?
>
Can't you set things up for the installer to ask the user this? It would
be nice to make this easy, but enabling by default is a security risk.
> 3) Do you want the config stuff to be moved from /var/tomcat/conf
> to :
>
> /etc/tomcat/conf (mimic Apache httpd server conf)
> /etc/tomcat/
>
Does the RPM packaging support the ability (courtesy of catalina.base) to
store static stuff one place, and have multiple installations of the
dynamic stuff?
> 4) Do you want the webapp stuff moved to /var/www/webapps ?
>
Would /var/tomcat/webapps be more consistent? Someone unfamiliar with
things would not necessarily tie "www" to Tomcat.
> 5) Do you want the log stuff moved to /var/log/tomcat ?
>
Makes sense.
> Thanks for your replies
>
>
> -
> Henri Gomez ___[_]____
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>
>
Craig
Re: Tomcat RPM polls
Posted by cm...@yahoo.com.
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, GOMEZ Henri wrote:
> I'd like to have the opinion of Tomcat RPMS users
> about some points since I'm working on enhanced RPMs :
>
> 1) Do you want tomcat to be changed to run as nobody instead
> of root ?
Yes, if possible. Or as user 'tomcat'
> 2) Do you want tomcat to be enabled by default, ie having
> it active after installation ?
No. It may be a security issue ( since the user may not have changed the
passwords for admin, etc ). A nice thing would be to not start at all
until this is done - but that should be done in the main tomcat (and
later )
> 3) Do you want the config stuff to be moved from /var/tomcat/conf
> to :
>
> /etc/tomcat/conf (mimic Apache httpd server conf)
> /etc/tomcat/
+1
> 4) Do you want the webapp stuff moved to /var/www/webapps ?
+0
> 5) Do you want the log stuff moved to /var/log/tomcat ?
+1
Costin