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Jamie goodyear commented on KARAF-1748:
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Cloned the issue so that we may mark this copy as resolved for 2.3.1.
> Karaf startup fails with NullPointerException when logfile can't be written
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>
> Key: KARAF-1748
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-1748
> Project: Karaf
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: karaf-core
> Affects Versions: 2.2.9, 2.3.0
> Reporter: Christoph Läubrich
> Assignee: Andreas Pieber
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.2.11, 2.3.1
>
> Attachments: karaf-3.0_1748.diff
>
>
> The karaf startup fails with a NullPointerException when the logifle can't be
> accessed:
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/karaf/data/log/karaf.log (Permission
> denied)
> at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method)
> at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:177)
> at
> org.apache.karaf.main.BootstrapLogManager$SimpleFileHandler.open(BootstrapLogManager.java:115)
> at
> org.apache.karaf.main.BootstrapLogManager$SimpleFileHandler.<init>(BootstrapLogManager.java:104)
> at
> org.apache.karaf.main.BootstrapLogManager.getDefaultHandler(BootstrapLogManager.java:83)
> at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.launch(Main.java:234)
> at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.main(Main.java:429)
> Could not create framework: java.lang.NullPointerException
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at java.util.logging.Logger.addHandler(Logger.java:1185)
> at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.launch(Main.java:234)
> at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.main(Main.java:429)
> This should be changed to: Output a meaningfull message e.g. "Karaf can't
> startup, make sure the logifle can be accessed and written by the user
> starting Karaf",
> OR
> try to allocate a logfile with a different name.
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