RE: Unable to unpack war under webapps
> -Original Message- > From: Rahul R [mailto:rahul.ra...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:25 AM > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Unable to unpack war under webapps > > Hi > > I have put ROOT.war under webapps folder of tomcat. When I start the > instance I am getting the below error on catalina.out. > > INFO: Deploying web application archive /opt/tomcat- > proxy/webapps/ROOT.war > May 06, 2014 6:28:22 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig > beforeStart > SEVERE: Exception fixing docBase for context [/ROOT] > java.io.IOException: Unable to create the directory [/opt/tomcat- > proxy/webapps/ROOT] > > I am not sure why this is happening. Checked the permissions on webapps > folder as well as the war file. Its 755. > > P.S: I am able to use jar to unpack it manually under webapps. Who is listed as owner/group on the webapps directory? What user is Tomcat running under?
RE: Unable to unpack war under webapps
> From: Rahul R [mailto:rahul.ra...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: Unable to unpack war under webapps > tomcat was running as a different user and I tried to start using root. Do not *ever* run Tomcat as root. Read this: http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/HowTo#How_to_run_Tomcat_without_root_privileges.3F - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
Re: Unable to unpack war under webapps
Thanks Daniel.. That clue helped... tomcat was running as a different user and I tried to start using root. On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Daniel Mikusa wrote: > On May 6, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Rahul R wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I have put ROOT.war under webapps folder of tomcat. When I start the > > instance I am getting the below error on catalina.out. > > > > INFO: Deploying web application archive > /opt/tomcat-proxy/webapps/ROOT.war > > May 06, 2014 6:28:22 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig > > beforeStart > > SEVERE: Exception fixing docBase for context [/ROOT] > > java.io.IOException: Unable to create the directory > > [/opt/tomcat-proxy/webapps/ROOT] > > > > I am not sure why this is happening. Checked the permissions on webapps > > folder as well as the war file. Its 755. > > > > P.S: I am able to use jar to unpack it manually under webapps. > > What about the owner of webapps? Is that the same as the user you’re > using to run Tomcat? Can that user extract the files? > > Dan > > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Regards, > > Rahul R > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > -- Thanks, Regards, Rahul R .~. /V\ // \\ /( )\ ^`~'^ Mob: 09008030921
Re: Unable to unpack war under webapps
On May 6, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Rahul R wrote: > Hi > > I have put ROOT.war under webapps folder of tomcat. When I start the > instance I am getting the below error on catalina.out. > > INFO: Deploying web application archive /opt/tomcat-proxy/webapps/ROOT.war > May 06, 2014 6:28:22 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig > beforeStart > SEVERE: Exception fixing docBase for context [/ROOT] > java.io.IOException: Unable to create the directory > [/opt/tomcat-proxy/webapps/ROOT] > > I am not sure why this is happening. Checked the permissions on webapps > folder as well as the war file. Its 755. > > P.S: I am able to use jar to unpack it manually under webapps. What about the owner of webapps? Is that the same as the user you’re using to run Tomcat? Can that user extract the files? Dan > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > -- > Thanks, > Regards, > Rahul R - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
