[Bug 915089] Re: Tomcat 6 start up fails with unknown dir /var/lib/tomcat6/work
The problem is not that relative directories are used. Use of relative directories is correct and consistent with the standard. The problem is that with the current Debian/Ubuntu/Natty installation of Tomcat6, the links to the relative directory were broken. The workaround that I provided in my 2012-01-11 comment correctly makes symbolic links to the relative directories active. It neither makes the links hard links nor moves the directories to an absolute location. Without this change, Tomcat6 does did work. Why will you not fix the bad links problem. Non-technical users will not have the ability to find and repair the result of this incomplete installation and will not be able to use packages dependent on Tomcat6. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to tomcat6 in 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-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 915089] [NEW] Tomcat 6 start up fails with unknown dir /var/lib/tomcat6/work
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 rootroot 12 2012-01-11 17:05 conf - /etc/tomcat6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot 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 rootroot 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 Server Team, which is subscribed to tomcat6 in 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-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 915089] Re: Tomcat 6 start up fails with unknown dir /var/lib/tomcat6/work
Changing the broken links to a symbolic link using an absolute path allowed starting the tomcat6 service. root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# ls -l total 16 drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 common lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot 12 2012-01-11 17:05 conf - /etc/tomcat6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot 16 2012-01-11 18:43 logs - /var/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 rootroot 18 2012-01-11 18:43 work - /var/cache/tomcat6 root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# service tomcat6 start * Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat6 [ OK ] root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# ps -elf | grep tomcat 0 S tomcat6 5460 1 70 80 0 - 157654 futex_ 18:45 ? 00:00:25 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/var/lib/tomcat6/conf/logging.properties -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx128m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/share/tomcat6/endorsed -classpath /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/bootstrap.jar -Dcatalina.base=/var/lib/tomcat6 -Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat6 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/tomcat6-tmp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start 0 S root 5524 4481 0 80 0 - 2285 pipe_w 18:46 pts/000:00:00 grep tomcat -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to tomcat6 in 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-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
