Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 15:19:47 +0200 From: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> To: Roberto Nunnari <nunnari@die.supsi.ch> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tomcat on port 80 as user www:ww Message-ID: <3ED21473.9020506@bowtie.nl> In-Reply-To: <3ED20627.6090308@die.supsi.ch> References: <3ED20627.6090308@die.supsi.ch>
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Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Hello. > > just a question: > > What about running jakarta-tomcat4.1 as user www:www on port 80? > I don't need apache, so I run tomcat on port 80, but I can only > run it as root... > > Any known security issues with running jakarta-tomcat4.1 as user root? > > Best regards. Just run a port forwarder from 80 (ipfw can do it too) to 8080 (or whereever Tomcat lives). That way you don't have to trust it at all. Regards, Marc. -- ---------------------------------------------------- Marc van Kempen tel. +31 40 2 64 98 60 BowTie Technology fax. +31 40 2 64 98 61 Raiffeisenstraat 7 mailto:marc@bowtie.nl 5611 CH Eindhoven http://www.bowtie.nl ----------------------------------------------------
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