PQ61277: DIRECTIONS IN INFOCENTER FOR RUNNING APPSERVER AS NON-ROOT USER ARE NOT COMPLETE

APAR status
Closed as documentation error.

Error description
Documentation in the InfoCenter for setting up Websphere to run
as non-root user is not complete. In this case, the customer is
running the adminserver as root and the application server as
non-root. In order to get the appserver to run properly as
non-root he had to do the following things (which were not
listed in the infocenter): Change permissions for activity.log,
properties directory, temp directory, and installedApps
directory. Customer needs to know if anything else needs to be
done before he goes into production.
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: WebSphere Application Server users who run   *
*                 the appserver as a non-root user.            *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The instructions in the InfoCenter for  *
*                      running the application server as a     *
*                      non-root user are incomplete.           *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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The following information will be added to the section of
"Running application servers as non-root" in InfoCenter article
6.6.a.1: Running the product servers and consoles as non-root:

Remove any temporary files that were created by previous
executions of the application server when it was "run as" the
previous user ID.

Change the ownership of these specific files and directories to
the user and group that you want the administrative server to
"run as."

product_installation_root/properties/*
product_installation_root/config/*
product_installation_root/temp/*
product_installation_root/logs/activity.log

Make sure that the user has read privileges for properties and
installedApps directories.

Make sure that the user has read/write privileges for logs and
temporary directories.
Problem conclusion
Closing as a documentation update.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ61277
Reported component name WEBSPHERE AE SO
Reported component ID 5630A2202
Reported release 400
Status CLOSED DOC
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Submitted date 2002-05-16
Closed date 2002-06-25
Last modified date 2002-06-25

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Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 400
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ61277
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jun 25, 2002