> There is some basic code aimed at allowing the creation of such a beast in
> the "service" directory of the source repository. Besides just being able
> to start and stop Tomcat as a service, one of the goals is to interact
> with the connector startup so we can run Tomcat 4 on port 80 without
> having to be root. This will require a couple of changes to the
> Connector interface as well as a Tomcat-4 specific version of the service
> startup stuff.
>
> It would be great if you wanted to work on this!
I'll take a look, but I'm slightly confused (not unusual :-) ) You say above
about non-roots not being able to run Tomcat on port 80. This is NT/W2K
we're talking about right? Or is there some connection between the service
code and *nix?
Kevin Jones
DevelopMentor
www.develop.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 28 March 2001 22:19
> To: Tomcat-Dev
> Subject: Re: FW: Tomcat 4 service
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Kevin Jones wrote:
>
> > I posted this to tomcat-user with no response.
> >
> > Does such a beast exist? If not I'll volunteer to port the
> Tomcat 3.2 code.
> > Just point me at it!
>
> There is some basic code aimed at allowing the creation of such a beast in
> the "service" directory of the source repository. Besides just being able
> to start and stop Tomcat as a service, one of the goals is to interact
> with the connector startup so we can run Tomcat 4 on port 80 without
> having to be root. This will require a couple of changes to the
> Connector interface as well as a Tomcat-4 specific version of the service
> startup stuff.
>
> It would be great if you wanted to work on this!
>
> >
> > Kevin Jones
> > DevelopMentor
> > www.develop.com
> >
>
> Craig
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kevin Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 27 March 2001 22:44
> > > To: Tomcat-User
> > > Subject: Tomcat 4 service
> > >
> > >
> > > I have tomcat 3.2 running as a service under W2K. I seem to
> remember that
> > > this wasn't available for Tomcat 4 (running it as a service that
> > > is), or is
> > > the code now available?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Kevin Jones
> > > DevelopMentor
> > > www.develop.com
> >
> >
>
