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tomcat-jsvc


Information about the package, tomcat-jsvc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tomcat-jsvc package is designed for, Apache jsvc wrapper for Apache Tomcat as separate service.


Package Name:

tomcat-jsvc

Summary:

Apache jsvc wrapper for Apache Tomcat as separate service

Description:

Systemd service and wrapper scripts to start tomcat with jsvc, which allows tomcat to perform some privileged operations (e.g. bind to a port < 1024) and then switch identity to a non-privileged user.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

7.0.85

Release:

1.el6

Size:

15 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0



Handy Yum Commands for tomcat-jsvc


Control the tomcat-jsvc package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install tomcat-jsvc

This command will install tomcat-jsvc on the server.

yum remove tomcat-jsvc

This command will un-install tomcat-jsvc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tomcat-jsvc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove tomcat-jsvc

This command will un-install tomcat-jsvc on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tomcat-jsvc when using the -y flag.

yum update tomcat-jsvc

This command will update tomcat-jsvc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tomcat-jsvc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update tomcat-jsvc

This command will update tomcat-jsvc to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tomcat-jsvc when using the -y flag.

yum info tomcat-jsvc

This command will show you core information about the tomcat-jsvc package.

yum deplist tomcat-jsvc

This command will show you the dependencies for tomcat-jsvc. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update tomcat-jsvc

This command will check if there is an update waiting on tomcat-jsvc. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.