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Sun Java System Portal Server 6 2005Q4 Administration Guide

Chapter 5
Running the Portal Server as User Non-Root

This chapter provides the post-install procedure for configuring the Sun Java™ Portal Server to run as user non-root. Running the Portal Server as non-root user is optional. The following procedure describes the steps to configure a Sun Java System Portal Server installation that is running as root user to run as a non-root user.

Note	The Sun Java™ System Enterprise Installer does not support installation of the Sun Java™ System Web Server or the Sun Java™ System Application Server as non root. However it does support the installation of the Sun Java™ System Directory Server as non root.

To Run Portal Server as User Non-Root

This procedure assumes the following:

The web container and the Sun Java™ System Directory Server are already running as non-root user.
The Sun Java™ System Portal Server software is already installed and is running as root user.

Perform all steps as superuser, except as noted.

Change the ownership of the following directories from root to Userid:UserGroup. That is, enter:
chown -R Userid:UserGroup /opt/SUNWps
chown -R Userid:UserGroup /etc/opt/SUNWps
chown -R Userid:UserGroup /var/opt/SUNWps
chown -R Userid:UserGroup /opt/SUNWam
chown -R Userid:UserGroup /etc/opt/SUNWam
chown -R Userid:UserGroup /var/opt/SUNWam
chown -R Userid:UserGroup WEBCONTAINER-DIR

If you did not use the Java Enterprise System installer to install the Sun Java System Access Manager as non-root, consult the Access Manager documentation for information on changing the Access Manager directories.

Set the following permissions for the Portal Server directories:
chmod 0755 /opt/SUNWps
chmod 0755 /etc/opt/SUNWps
chmod 0755 /var/opt/SUNWps
chmod 0755 /opt/SUNWam
chmod 0755 /etc/opt/SUNWam
chmod 0755 /var/opt/SUNWam
chmod 0755 WEBCONTAINER-DIR
Restart the directory server as the non-root user.

The Java Enterprise System installer installs the Java™ Development Kit (JDK™) in /usr/jdk/entsys. Change the ownership and permissions of this directory for the non-root user:

chown -R Userid:UserGroup /usr/jdk
chmod 0755 /usr/jdk
Stop the web container and Directory Server.
Ensure that all of the processes are stopped.

To verify, type:

ps -aef | grep slapd
ps -aef | grep httpd
ps -aef | grep http
ps -aef | grep admin
Kill off any processes that did not get shutdown.
Start Directory Server and the web container.
Watch the owner of the directory and web container process. It should be running as non-root user.

Note	If you are running the Portal Server as non-root user, and you want to apply a patch, the ownership of the Portal Server directories must first be changed from non-root back to superuser (root). After the patch has been successfully applied, you can configure ownership and permissions to run Portal Server as non-root user again.

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