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The following tasks should be performed while logged in as root or a user with enough access rights.

1. create Create a new user (i.e. gmo) and add it to a specific user group. You could use the predefined www user group for instance.
2. edit Edit the .bashrc for the user you just created and add the PATH and JAVA_HOME variables:

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   PATH=$PATH:<java_home>/bin

   
   

   export PATH

   
   

   JAVA_HOME=<java_home>

   
   

   export JAVA_HOME

3. change Change the user group to all the subdirs in <geronimo_home>

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   chown -R root:www <geronimo_home>

4. create Create a deploy directory within the <geronimo_home> directory structure.
5. change Change the access permissions to the following directories

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   chmod -R 774 <geronimo_home>/bin

   
   

   chmod -R 774 <geronimo_home>/deploy

   
   

   chmod -R 774 <geronimo_home>/repository

   
   

   chmod -R 774 <geronimo_home>/var

6. login Login as the new user (i.e. gmo)
7. Start the server

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   cd <geronimo_home>/bin

   ./geronimo.sh run

You are now able to run and deploy applications with a user other than root.