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The best way is to use jsvc, available as part of the commons-daemon project.

Is there a way to allow normal user(non-root) to start/stop the tomcat server. Tried assigning permission, did not work. Read thru some articles, stated that only root has permission to port below 1025. How can i allow a non-root user to do so ? thks in adv.

• malathi ranjit singh

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One way is to put Apache httpd with mod_jk before your Tomcat servers, and use ports >=1024 in the Tomcat(s). Since we do it that way, it's the only way I know.BTW, you should read the 1st howto. However, if httpd is not needed for some other reason, this is the most inefficient approach.

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Another method is to use SetUID scripts (assuming you have the capability) to do this. Here's how I do it.

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