Willa, The issue is caused by the permission on the /usr/share/tomcat directory where Tomcat will put the .OpenMRS directory.
The /usr/share/tomcat is owned by root:root but tomcat6 process (the tomcat application server and the one who will create the .OpenMRS directory) is owned by adm:tomcat6 (or tomcat6:tomcat6, i can't remember this). This is why the tomcat6 process will not be able to write /usr/share/tomcat6 :) To fix them, you just need to create the folder and set the correct owner and the installation will works just fine :) On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Mhawila <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > I have a scenario which puzzles me. I have noticed that every time I do a > clean installation of OS ( I use ubuntu) and then proceed with installing > tomcat, loading existing openmrs database into mysql server and finally > deploying war file in tomcat webapps directory I do not get what I can call > the expected behavior. The strange thing is that, the first time I try to > access openmrs from the browser I get an error displayed below. > > Error! > A runtime properties file is needed for OpenMRS to start up consistently. > OpenMRS is unable to create this file: > /usr/share/tomcat6/.OpenMRS/openmrs-runtime.properties > Because of this error: No such file or directory > > You must correct this before continuing. > > My understanding tells me that, since openmrs runtime properties file does > not exist in my system, then the openmrs installer should kick in, however > that is not the case with me all the time. I need someone to explain why I > this happens. > > By the way I always fix this issue by creating runtime properties file > manually. > > Thanks. > > -- > Mhawila A. > > ________________________________ > Click here to unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list -- Thanks, Nyoman Ribeka _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Implementers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-implement-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-implement-l]
