[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #1153: tomcat not starting on installed systems under custom user

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#1153: tomcat not starting on installed systems under custom user
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 Reporter:  kalxas   |       Owner:  live-demo@…              
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  OSGeoLive7.0             
Component:  LiveDVD  |    Keywords:  user accounts, tomcat    
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Changes (by hamish):

  * keywords:  user accounts => user accounts, tomcat
  * priority:  major => normal


Comment:

 Guy wrote:
 > sudo service tomcat6 start

 oh, so the trouble is the new-arbitrary user does not have sudo access to
 do that.

 kalxas wrote:
 > As a workaround, you can add to the /etc/sudoers.d the following:
 {{{
 <username> ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service tomcat6
 start,/usr/sbin/service tomcat6 stop,/usr/sbin/service tomcat6 status
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1153#comment:2>
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