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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uunet!inXS.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!jlfox From: jlfox+@pitt.edu (James L Fox) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: httpd through cron Date: 17 Jul 1996 13:59:07 GMT Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4sirjb$ncf@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> References: <4s88g3$krt@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> <4sdo3p$461@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> <31EB0F48.7EE8@www.play-hookey.com> <4sftgb$meq@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: unixs-eval.cis.pitt.edu J"org wrote: < From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) < Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc < Subject: Re: httpd through cron < Date: 16 Jul 1996 11:13:15 GMT < < Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote: < < > Is there a reason for 7000? HTTP runs on port 80 normally. < < Privileged port, cannot be run by a non-priveleged user. < < > I'd suggest you start it from /etc/rc.local instead. That way it starts < > each time you reboot, automatically. < <> Needs root permission either. < < :-) < < It looks to me that the originator is not the sys admin on this <> machine, but wants to launch a private HTTPD. < < -- < cheers, J"org < You got it right J"org! BTW, the problem is AFS! You really can run an httpd server from an unprivileged account but if your site distributes files with AFS requiring Kerberos authentication you're in trouble when cron restarts your job. It runs, but with no permissions. There might be a workaround which I will post if successful. --Jim Fox