JBoss did not start automatically on Linux(FC 6)

[javatwo]

Hello,
I installed JBoss 4.0.5GA on Linux FC6. I copied the start up script to /etc/init.d/jboss and made some changes, and then use chkconfig to config it.


# chkconfig --list mysqld
mysqld 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:off 6:off
# chkconfig --list jboss
jboss 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:off 6:off

mysqld can start automatically on system reboot, but jboss can not.
But I (root) can start jboss manually without problems.

# /etc/init.d/jboss start

what could be the issue? any log messages?

Thanks for help!
David

[peterj]

Did you create a user account named "jboss"? The script attempts to run the app server as the user "jboss". You will also have to change the permissions on the jboss files to give the "jboss" user access.

[javatwo]

Hi Peter,

I did not create user "jboss". root is used to start Jboss because only root can use port 80. what is the difference between starting Jboss on reboot and starting Jboss manually using root?

JBOSS_USER=${JBOSS_USER:-"RUNASIS"}
...

if [ "$JBOSS_USER" = "RUNASIS" ]; then
SUBIT=""
else
SUBIT="su - $JBOSS_USER -c "
fi

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Thanks for help.
David

[javatwo]

For starting JBoss automatically on system reboot, which user is used? If user "root" is used, there should not be any difference, right? I can start Jboss manually using the following command as a root user:

/etc/init.d/jboss start

[dimitris]

It's better if you run under a non-root user. The only reason to run as root would be to bind ports under <1024, but this is not required by default.