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Re: Tomcat user/group id



On 05/26/2014 01:31 AM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Currently each version of tomcat{6,7,8} creates its own user/group. I
> found this a bit annoying when upgrading because I had to chown several
> directories to switch to the new user.
> 
> Do you think we could settle on a unique tomcat user/group id instead?
> We would start with tomcat8, tomcat6 and tomcat7 remaining unchanged to
> avoid breaking existing installations.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Emmanuel Bourg

Seems reasonable to me.  Maybe just 'tomcat' for the username starting
with tomcat8?

tony


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