He's running JBoss... Java apps won't drop privs. Non-root can't bind to 80, so he gets JBoss to bind to 8080 then redirects. PK On 2012-10-05, at 12:01 PM, "Tim" <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tim: >>> Why are you redirecting, though? If there's a block on port 80, then >>> your attempt to get in on port 80 and redirect to port 8080 isn't >>> going work. Which way are you *trying* to redirect? >> > Mark Space >> Just that I understand it's good practice to never run apps as root. >> If I listen on port 8080 instead of 80, I never have to run the server >> as root. > > Redirecting the port isn't going to change who's running the service, > that's configured elsewhere. And, for what it's worth, Apache doesn't > run as root, it runs as Apache. > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I > read messages from the public lists. > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
