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Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux

From	Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux
Date	2011-05-24 08:08 -0400
Organization	albasani.net
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ruds wrote:
> Tomcat is being run under root user. But my file location are in
> another users home and it is in root group.
> So, I cannot use suExec as it does not allow root goup users to run
> the program.
> I'm still not able to understand how does files get uploaded under
> nobody'd uid?
>
> Please help.

It has already been suggested that you not run Tomcat under root user.  It has 
been proffered that that is possibly why it's using "nobody" as the user.  Did 
you try that solution?

To refresh your memory:

ruds wrote:
>> So isn't Tomcat running under root?

Nigel Wade wrote:
> That would be exceedingly dangerous. Maybe Tomcat has changed its
> effective UID to "nobody" to avoid those dangers.

Let us know how that works for you, something you have not done so far.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux ruds <rudranee@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 01:12 -0700
  Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-18 13:17 -0400
    Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-18 13:17 -0400
      Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux ruds <rudranee@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 21:53 -0700
        Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-19 10:09 +0100
  Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-19 21:50 +1200
    Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-19 09:07 -0400
      Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-19 20:51 -0400
        Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-19 22:10 -0400
          Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-20 00:16 -0400
          Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux ruds <rudranee@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 01:15 -0700
            Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-24 08:08 -0400
              Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-24 17:42 -0400

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