> > From: Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/01/10 Tue AM 06:59:08 EST > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > CC: "Caldarale, Charles R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Apache + Tomcat, Tomcat only handles JSP in localhost > > On Tuesday, 10 ?January 2006 02:35, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: > > > From: Sriram Narayanan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Apache + Tomcat, Tomcat only handles JSP in localhost > > > > > > The link he gave talks about how to have PHP etc along side Tomcat. > > > > PHP can be fairly easily used with Tomcat standalone: > > http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/UsingPhp > > > > So, I repeat: What "full-fledged" features do you think are missing > > from Tomcat? > > The most important reason that I use an Apache frontend for tomcat, > which is probably not relevant to the original poster, is that under > Unix only root processes can open port 80 (the default HTTP port), and > so if tomcat is configured to serve pages on port 80, it must run as > root. > This is a serious security concern. Apache knows how to open port 80 and > then change to a non-privileged user, something which AFAIK tomcat - > being based on Java which does not support the concept of operating > system privileges - cannot do. >
You can use jsvc to run tomcat as a non-priviledged user on port 80. > There for, some kind of frontend is required. While we are in the > process of providing a frontend, it might as well be Apache which > offers additional features: reverse-proxying and caching and support > for a huge number of scripting languages (python, perl or ruby > anyone ?) and other modules. > > Also - the tomcat support for PHP is really nice and I am planning on > trying it out ASAP, but I prefer not to do hacks on production > machines, and Apache support for PHP is better integrated and is > offered as part of my base operating system - including support for > compiled pages, code caches and PHP debugging. > > -- > Oded > > ::.. > Ability is nothing without opportunity. > -- Napoleon Bonaparte > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
