Can you try the following patch? And tell me if it helps?
john mcnally
Index:
src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/intake/TurbineIntakeService.java
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RCS file:
/home/cvs/jakarta-turbine/src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/intake/TurbineIntakeService.java,v
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.17 TurbineIntakeService.java
---
src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/intake/TurbineIntakeService.java
2001/07/14 19:36:30 1.17
+++
src/java/org/apache/turbine/services/intake/TurbineIntakeService.java
2001/07/25 19:47:36
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@
throws InitializationException
{
String xmlPath = getConfiguration().getString(XML_PATH);
+
+ if ( xmlPath == null )
+ {
+ String pathError =
+ "Path to intake.xml was not specified. Check that the"
+
+ " property exists in TR.props and was loaded.";
+ getCategory().error(pathError);
+ throw new InitializationException(pathError);
+ }
//!! need a constant
String appDataPath = "WEB-INF/appData.ser";
@@ -163,11 +172,22 @@
XmlToAppData xmlApp = new XmlToAppData();
appData = xmlApp.parseFile(xmlPath);
- OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(serialAppData);
- ObjectOutputStream p = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
- p.writeObject(appData);
- p.flush();
- out.close();
+ try
+ {
+ OutputStream out = new
FileOutputStream(serialAppData);
+ ObjectOutputStream p = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
+ p.writeObject(appData);
+ p.flush();
+ out.close();
+ }
+ catch (Exception e)
+ {
+ getCategory().info(
+ "Intake initialization could not be serialized
" +
+ "because writing to " + appDataPath + " was not
" +
+ "allowed. This will require that the xml file
be " +
+ "parsed when restarting the application.");
+ }
}
groupNames = new String[appData.getGroups().size()];
Scott Eade wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Today I have been trying to get my application working on an
> external server (i.e. one over which I have very little control).
>
> The problems I have encountered so far all relate to Intake.
> While I am using the version of intake supplied with tdk 2.1,
> this version works fin on my development machine.
>
> My first problem was that the <param-value> tag in my web.xml
> file included a "/" at the beginning of the path to TR.props. This
> seemed to work fine here, but it seemed to cause problems on
> the server I am deploying to. Basically adding some debug
> statements into TurbineIntakeService revealed that:
>
> String xmlPath = props.getProperty(XML_PATH);
>
> was returning null. This produces a not very helpful
> NullPointerException. After removing the "/" it would seem
> that the server (Resin 1.2.5) was suddenly able to find TR.props
> and hence xmlPath was loaded with the correct value. The
> odd thing about this is that on my development machine I have
> tomcat (that came with the tdk), and Resin 2.0.0 & Resin 1.2.8
> both of which seem to work correctly with "/" in web.xml.
> I can only assume that this is a weird configuration at my
> host provider.
>
> Anyway, this has not solved my problem. Now the problem is
> that when TurbineIntakeService attempts to write to appData.ser
> it gets a "Permission denied" error.
>
> So my question now is, is there a way, say through web.xml that
> I can give turbine the necessary permissions to write to the appropriate
> directory or do I need to organize some special directory permissions?
>
> >From turbine.log:
>
> [Wed Jul 25 17:43:06 EST 2001] -- ERROR --
> Exception: org.apache.turbine.services.InitializationException:
>TurbineIntakeService failed to initialize:
> /www/clientweb/au/b/backstagetech.com.au/./WEB-INF/appData.ser (Permission denied)
> Stack Trace follows:
> java.io.FileNotFoundException:
>/www/clientweb/au/b/backstagetech.com.au/./WEB-INF/appData.ser (Permission denied)
> at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
> at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:102)
> at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:62)
> at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:132)
> at
>org.apache.turbine.services.intake.TurbineIntakeService.init(TurbineIntakeService.java:183)
> rethrown as org.apache.turbine.services.InitializationException:
>TurbineIntakeService failed to initialize:
> /www/clientweb/au/b/backstagetech.com.au/./WEB-INF/appData.ser (Permission denied)
> at
>org.apache.turbine.services.intake.TurbineIntakeService.init(TurbineIntakeService.java:227)
> at org.apache.turbine.services.TurbineBaseService.init(TurbineBaseService.java:108)
> at
>org.apache.turbine.services.BaseInitableBroker.initClass(BaseInitableBroker.java:150)
> at
>org.apache.turbine.services.BaseServiceBroker.doInitService(BaseServiceBroker.java:226)
> at
>org.apache.turbine.services.BaseServiceBroker.initServices(BaseServiceBroker.java:195)
> at org.apache.turbine.Turbine.init(Turbine.java:185)
> at com.caucho.server.http.Application.createServlet(Application.java:1734)
> at com.caucho.server.http.Application.loadServlet(Application.java:1698)
> at com.caucho.server.http.Invocation.service(Invocation.java:255)
> at com.caucho.server.http.CacheInvocation.service(CacheInvocation.java:121)
> at com.caucho.server.http.RunnerRequest.handleRequest(RunnerRequest.java:333)
> at com.caucho.server.http.RunnerRequest.handleConnection(RunnerRequest.java:266)
> at com.caucho.server.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:140)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
>
> If anyone knows how to deal with this I would appreciate some help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
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