Re: [Aimmath-developers] installlin.html

[Greg G. <gr...@ma...>]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Manolis Mavrikis wrote:
> > During the installation Tomcat gave me the option to set the port.
> 
> the windows version does that
> 
> > > Is there an advantage to using port 8080 instead of port 80?
> >
> > Probably not if 80 is still free. However I have heard that on unix one
> > needs
> > superuser privileges to install a server on port 80 but not for installing
> > one
> > on port 8080. But as I said, I know nothing about unix.
> 
> no that's not a problem... after all in linux there is always the solution
> to use the tomcat4 user.

Can you explain that please? Have you created a group or user for tomcat4?
... so that it need not run as root, or something? Up 'til now tomcat here
has been running as root and hence writes various things like compiled AIM
questions with root permissions. Do you avoid that?
 
> > >I was going to add some comments about this, as if one
> > > already has an installation using port 80, one has to remember to set
> that
> > > in ManualConfig.mpl ... otherwise admin.html, index.html and
> > > DefaultZone.mpl (in root/) are set with :8080 in their paths, and if one
> > > adds port 80 to ManualConfig.mpl afterwards and reruns AutocConfig.mpl
> > > these files are not rewritten (and you have to manually change them).
> >
> > Yes, you are right, something like that should be added to the
> instructions.
> 
> they are not rewritten because you already had a DeafultZone... otherwise
> for new users its fine.

Are you saying that if I had run AutoConf.mpl having forgotten to set the
port and so generated a DefaultZone.mpl file, that it would have been 
sufficient to delete the DefaultZone.mpl file, edit ManualConfig.mpl
with the right port and the run AutoConf.mpl again, that admin.html,
index.html and DefaultZone.mpl would be regenerated?

> As I said to my other email it will be very difficult to instruct them how
> to change settings .. its better if they keep their old ones.
> 
> Another comment on the installation instructions:
>    AIM it doesn't start any more from startaim.sh but from the tomcat
> directory/bin/startup.sh
> 
> to ease testing and not stop tomcat completely one can use the following:
> 
> http://localhost:8080/manager/stop?path=/AIM
> http://localhost:8080/manager/start?path=/AIM

Is this with any Tomcat e.g. 4.1.18 (what I currently have) ... and with
port 80, I guess that becomes

http://localhost/manager/stop?path=/AIM

etc. ... and I guess that won't work remotely will it? i.e. with
localhost replaced with the full URL. Do you have to run this as 
the tomcat4 user you mentioned?

> ps. I 'll be out of reach for a few hours... You may know that the festival
> is finishing and the fireworks in Edinburgh are a no-miss. More later

I'm going to bed now ... it's late enough. I'll catch your reply tomorrow.

  Regards,
  Greg