----- Original Message ----- > From: Ole Ersoy <ole.er...@gmail.com> > To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 10:06 AM > Subject: Re: Running Tomcat on Port 80 with Fedora 16 without IP tables > redirect > >T hanks Andre and John. I used jsvc to run tomcat before. Maybe that's what > got me around the root user restriction. Seems the simplest solution is to > just > use NAT. There are instructions at the bottom of this post for anyone else > interested. > > http://www.davidghedini.com/pg/entry/install_tomcat_7_on_centos > > Cheers, > - Ole > > On 02/07/2012 11:38 AM, John Renne wrote: >> >> On Feb 7, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Ole Ersoy wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> In the past I have been able to run tomcat on port 80 under a > "tomcat" user. It seems like the latest versions of Fedora require > that tomcat either be run as root or requests to 8080 have to be redirected > using iptables. Can anyone confirm this? >>> >> On each unix you will need root privileges to bind to a socket below 1024. > Tomcat is no different so it will need either root privileges, or a port over > 1024 (default indeed 8080)
apache-commons-daemon-jsvc appears to still be available for Fedora 16. Just looking at the package contents, it looks like you'll be on your own for writing the scripts though. . . . . just my two cents. /mde/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
