Timeline for Why is Apache running on port 8080 instead on port 80?
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| May 6, 2014 at 16:44 | comment | added | jlliagre | at JJD As far as I know, not with ubuntu apache2 package. @JoelDavis Your are right 8080 is the default Tomcat port and packaged apache2 are designed to start as root. However, should a non root user want to install apache from source or should apache2 be installed and started as non root for some other reason, the point is still valid. Apache doesn't demand to be run as root. | |
| May 6, 2014 at 15:48 | comment | added | Bratchley |
@jillagre Apache httpd doesn't have this limitation. It's supposed to always start as root and then drop down to the account specified by the User directive on its own. Tomcat has this limitation (having to run as root or a non-80 port) because it's an application server as so such things aren't its primary focus.
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| May 6, 2014 at 14:36 | comment | added | JJD | Is there any point within the installation of Apache2 where the user can decide which account is used to run the service? | |
| May 6, 2014 at 14:31 | history | answered | jlliagre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |