Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:11:24 +0200 From: joris dedieu <joris.dedieu@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tomcat 7 Message-ID: <AANLkTinZwfPtxw6UPc2xaCx3wFi9MsTBMm-dA36UZ0V4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C3B3741.7070305@FreeBSD.org> References: <4C2DC06C.6060301@FreeBSD.org> <4C32112A.8030606@intertainservices.com> <4C3B3741.7070305@FreeBSD.org>
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2010/7/12 Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org>: > Mike Jakubik ha scritto: >> Thanks for the port. It looks like you droped support for the >> tomcat60_user variable (which user to run tomcat as), this is quite >> useful here. Any particular reason for this? > > To simplify the port and because it's common in FreeBSD that web servers > use the www user. Is there a reason because apache should use the www > user, while tomcat should let the user choose? In apache you can set user and group directives on the config file. I do not think you can do so with tomcat. So tomcat_user is a facility to thoses who like to have a single daemon per user (or a single user per daemon :) If you decide to keep it has it, you may change hard coded www with WWWOWN and WWWGRP has recommended in porters handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/using-php.html#WEB-APPS Joris > > -- > Alex Dupre > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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