https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tomcat-apache/m-p/3658611#M805897 create a user with lesser privileges than root. Let's say we call this user as tcatuser<BR /><BR />edit .profile under the home directory of tcatuser and add a line like this:<BR /><BR />JAVA_HOME=/opt/java1.4; export JAVA_HOME<BR /><BR />or modify according to where your java is located.<BR /><BR />then from root account:<BR /><BR />su - tcatuser -c "/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh"<BR /><BR />or wherever this startup.sh is located, put the proper path before it.<BR /><BR />Hope it helps Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:03:20 GMT Mel Burslan 2005-10-26T19:03:20Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tomcat-apache/m-p/3658610#M805896 Aid when I want to initiate tomcat apache leaves east message:<BR /><BR />"# ./startup.sh<BR />Warning: running Tomcat as root can cause security vulnerabilities<BR /> (for more information see tomcat.user.guide)<BR />The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined<BR />This environment variable is needed to run this program" Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:01:37 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tomcat-apache/m-p/3658610#M805896 Marcelo_41 2005-10-26T17:01:37Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tomcat-apache/m-p/3658611#M805897 create a user with lesser privileges than root. Let's say we call this user as tcatuser<BR /><BR />edit .profile under the home directory of tcatuser and add a line like this:<BR /><BR />JAVA_HOME=/opt/java1.4; export JAVA_HOME<BR /><BR />or modify according to where your java is located.<BR /><BR />then from root account:<BR /><BR />su - tcatuser -c "/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh"<BR /><BR />or wherever this startup.sh is located, put the proper path before it.<BR /><BR />Hope it helps Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:03:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tomcat-apache/m-p/3658611#M805897 Mel Burslan 2005-10-26T19:03:20Z