Public bug reported: Post-install, system start and start form logged in user fail. Package information: tomcat6 (6.0.28-10ubuntu2.2)
Installed Ubuntu release with current updates applied earlier today: You are using Ubuntu 11.04 - the Natty Narwhal - released in April 2011 and supported until October 2012. This same message is also seen in the installation logs. I did not find the message in the system logs following a system restart. root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# service tomcat6 start * Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat6 /etc/init.d/tomcat6: 262: cannot create /var/lib/tomcat6/work/catalina.policy: Directory nonexistent root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# ls -l total 16 drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 common lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2012-01-11 17:05 conf -> /etc/tomcat6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2012-01-11 17:05 logs -> ../../log/tomcat6 drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 server drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 shared drwxrwxr-x 4 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 webapps lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2012-01-11 17:05 work -> ../../cache/tomcat6 The logs and work links are broken. The broken links appear to be due to use of a relative path relative to /var/lib which is, itself, a link. root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# ls -l /var/lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2011-10-14 10:09 /var/lib -> /home/var-lib Doing 'ls ../../' lists the contents of /home, not /var. The tomcat6 installation worked with an earlier release/update version of Ubuntu. Unfortunately, I cannot supply the release/update information for either the OS or tomcat6. I verified the installed package information in Synaptic Package Manager against information found in http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/tomcat6 titled Package: tomcat6 (6.0.28-10ubuntu2.2) An online Google search and search within Ubuntu resulted on one hit regarding a similar problem. The fix was to uninstall and then re- install tomcat6. I completely uninstalled tomcat6, manually unlined the broken links and then re-installed tomcat6 using the Synaptic Package Manager. The problem persisted and was not fixed. This problem in no way affects security. ** Affects: tomcat6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915089 Title: Tomcat 6 start up fails with unknown dir /var/lib/tomcat6/work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/+bug/915089/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
