can you paste the result of "ls -ld /data" in here, I suspect that is isn't what you think it is
Ian On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 17:05, Russ Hore <r...@russ-hore.co.uk> wrote: > I have just done a clean installation of Ubuntu 19.04, installed Tomcat 9, > installed OpenJDK 11 and installed GS 2.15 > > I have a folder called /data to which I point GeoServer by editing web.xml > > <context-param> > <param-name>GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR</param-name> > <param-value>/data/</param-value> > </context-param> > > Now when I start GeoServer I get an error in /var/log/syslog saying /data > is not writeable ! > > Apr 25 15:14:05 hostname tomcat9[13480]: 25 Apr 15:14:05 ERROR > [storage.DefaultStorageFinder] - Found Servlet context parameter > GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR set to /data/ , which is not writeable > > Tomcat is running as user ‘tomcat’. The /data folder is owned by tomcat > with permissions 777 (I know that is not the best but I am trying to get > things working) > > I have tried setting the data folder in her setclasspath.sh > > CATALINA_OPTS="-DGEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=/data" > > But I get the same error. > > Has anybody else seen this? > > Russ > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > > Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to > this list: > - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: > http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ > - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: > http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html > > If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: > https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer > > > Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > -- Ian Turton
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