PQ69372: WEBSPHERE 4.0 USERS ON WINDOWS CANNOT RUN APPLICATION SERVERS AS NON-ROOT.

APAR status
Closed as documentation error.

Error description
Section 6.6.a.1 of the WebSphere 4.0 InfoCenter
at gives a procedure titled "Running application servers
as non-root".
.
This section needs to specify that this procedure will not work
for customers running WebSphere 4.0 on Windows platforms.
The User ID and Group ID fields specified in the procedure
are ignored by the Windows operating system.
.
There is no way for Windows user to run application servers
under a different user ID than the administrative server.
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: Users of WebSphere Application Server        *
*                 Version 4.0 InfoCenter who run the           *
*                 application servers as non-root on Windows   *
*                 platforms.                                   *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: WebSphere Application Server Version    *
*                      4.0 InfoCenter article 6.6.a.1:         *
*                      Running the product servers and         *
*                      consoles as non-root does not specify   *
*                      the procedure of running the            *
*                      application servers as non-root on      *
*                      Windows platforms.                      *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Add the following information to WebSphere Application Server
Version 4.0 InfoCenter article 6.6.a.1: Running the product
servers and consoles as non-root > Running application servers
as non-root:

Note that you cannot run an application server as non-root
on Windows platforms.  Values for User ID and Group ID are
ignored. On Windows platforms, you must run an application
server using the same user ID as the administrative server.
Problem conclusion
Close this APAR as a documentation change
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ69372
Reported component name WEBSPHERE AE NT
Reported component ID 5630A2201
Reported release 400
Status CLOSED DOC
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Submitted date 2002-12-20
Closed date 2003-01-22
Last modified date 2004-06-03

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Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 400
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ69372
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jun 3, 2004