Tomcat Init Script (running tomcat non root!)

[Auka]

Hi all!

I am trying to install tomcat on my server. So far everything is more or less fine - up and running. BUT the problem now is that with the current portage package no init script seems to be shipped (? at least I did two emerges and none was there for me). So as a quick and dirty solution (to at least get it working) I wrote a litte initscript wich simply invokes the start and stop shellscripts in /opt/jakarta/tomcat/bin/.

Now the real problem is that this leaves me with a tomcat runnnig as root!! uuuah. I suppose I do not have to tell anyone what a baaaad idea this is. I plan on running this server in a productive environment and everything else is already set up, but this is definitely a no-go.

All official RPMs create (AFAIK) a dedicated tomcat4 user and include an initscript which uses the deamon tools and su to this user. (Did not find this in the Jakarta CVS, but a probably current version of the InitScript is included in the source rpm from the apache website. http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0.4/rpms/tomcat4-4.0.4-le.2jpp.src.rpm)

So is it just me or is there really no script included (and no unprivileged tomcat user created...)? If yes could anyone please fix this or has already done so? Else I would probably have to do this all (script, user, wrapper etc.) on my own - which so far I didn't manage... ;(
Thougth about filling a bug report, but first wanted to see if anyone here could help me...

Thank you very much!

Auka

PS: there is no package for the Tomcat LE Version available jet (i.e. if you already have SDK 1.4 installed), is it?