On Feb 16, 2007 03:01 PM, "Caldarale, Charles R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: Tom Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: IOException writing to > > /usr/share/tomcat5/conf/tomcat-users.xml.new > > > > Bizaarly tomcat wants a file called tomcat-users.xml.new > > when I use tomcat-users.xml? What is that about? > > Tomcat always updates tomcat-users.xml during startup, so the > directory > it's in must be write-enabled for the Tomcat userid. (It actually > writes the .new file, then renames that to remove the .new extension.) > Thanks Chuck, this makes sense but I'm not sure when the directory settings changed. Currently I have CATALINA_HOME=/usr/share/tomcat5 and: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jan 17 01:59 /usr/share/tomcat5/conf -> /etc/tomcat5 drwxrwxr-x 4 root tomcat4 4096 Feb 16 15:06 /etc/tomcat5 So I should chown tomcat4 /etc/tomcat5? Regards, Tom Powered by Open-Xchange.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]