You have been subscribed to a public bug by Robie Basak (racb): On Ubuntu 13.04 I did "sudo apt-get install tomcat7". Starting tomcat7 with "sudo service tomcat7 start" shows these warning messages in the catalina.out log:
Sep 27, 2013 8:28:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/common/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Sep 27, 2013 8:28:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/common], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Sep 27, 2013 8:28:31 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/server/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Sep 27, 2013 8:28:31 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/server], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Sep 27, 2013 8:28:31 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/shared/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Sep 27, 2013 8:28:31 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/shared], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] The warnings go away when the following symbolic links are added to /usr/share/tomcat7: sudo ln -s /var/lib/tomcat7/common/ common sudo ln -s /var/lib/tomcat7/server/ server sudo ln -s /var/lib/tomcat7/shared/ shared I believe the installer should create these links. ** Affects: tomcat7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Confirmed ** Tags: apt-get install tomcat7 -- tomcat7 installer fails to create symbolic links https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1232258 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. -- 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