--- Gary Benson <gbenson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > John M. Gabriele wrote: > > I noticed there's a tomcat user on my system: > > > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/passwd | grep tom > > tomcat:x:91:91:Tomcat:/usr/share/tomcat5:/bin/sh > > > > I'm just getting started using Tomcat on FC4. > > > > Should I be su'ing to tomcat to work with files > > in (and copy files into) /var/lib/tomcat5? > > > > Or do I work in there as root, then chown -R > > everthing to root:tomcat when I'm done? > > Neither, ideally. You should be able to work as root and leave the > files owned as root. Or as any other user: I'll often create a > directory /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps/whatever and chown it gary.gary, > and then just work in there under my normal login. > What's the purpose of having a "tomcat" user on the system at all? What's the point of having those links in /usr/share/tomcat5? ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
