> > You need to run Tomcat as root to be able to bind to ports lower > > than 1024. However, I don't recommend running a Java program as > > root, even with a security manager. You could instead use port > > redirection (using ipchains or iptables) to map port 80 to 8180. > > Thank you, I'll try ipchains, but I didn't know apache was set root > (thought www-data). > > -- Arnaud > http://vbstefi60.fapse.ulg.ac.be/
Instead of port redirection you might also want to look at the khttpd kernel module. Speeds up serving of static assets and is quite easy to use. Cheers, Eric
