org.apache.catalina.security
Class SecurityListener

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener

All Implemented Interfaces:

LifecycleListener

public class SecurityListener
extends Object
implements LifecycleListener

Constructor Summary

SecurityListener()

Method Summary

protected void	checkOsUser()
protected void	checkUmask()
protected void	doChecks() Execute the security checks.
String	getCheckedOsUsers() Returns the current list of operating system users not permitted to run Tomcat.
String	getMinimumUmask() Get the minimum umask that must be configured before Tomcat will start.
void	lifecycleEvent(LifecycleEvent event) Acknowledge the occurrence of the specified event.
void	setCheckedOsUsers(String userNameList) Set the list of operating system users not permitted to run Tomcat.
void	setMinimumUmask(String umask) Set the minimum umask that must be configured before Tomcat will start.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SecurityListener

public SecurityListener()

Method Detail

lifecycleEvent

public void lifecycleEvent(LifecycleEvent event)

Description copied from interface: LifecycleListener

Acknowledge the occurrence of the specified event.

Specified by:

lifecycleEvent in interface LifecycleListener

Parameters:

event - LifecycleEvent that has occurred

setCheckedOsUsers

public void setCheckedOsUsers(String userNameList)

Set the list of operating system users not permitted to run Tomcat. By default, only root is prevented from running Tomcat. Calling this method with null or the empty string will clear the list of users and effectively disables this check. User names will always be checked in a case insensitive manner.

Parameters:

userNameList - A comma separated list of operating system users not permitted to run Tomcat

getCheckedOsUsers

public String getCheckedOsUsers()

Returns the current list of operating system users not permitted to run Tomcat.

Returns:

A comma separated list of operating sytem user names.

setMinimumUmask

public void setMinimumUmask(String umask)

Set the minimum umask that must be configured before Tomcat will start.

Parameters:

umask - The 4-digit umask as returned by the OS command umask

getMinimumUmask

public String getMinimumUmask()

Get the minimum umask that must be configured before Tomcat will start.

Returns:

The 4-digit umask as used by the OS command umask

doChecks

protected void doChecks()

Execute the security checks. Each check should be in a separate method.

checkOsUser

protected void checkOsUser()

checkUmask

protected void checkUmask()