Derek, symlinks should work, but note that access depends on the permissions of the symlink target, not of the symlink itself.
What is the output of this?: ls -al /mnt/sdi/spatial If permissions are the problem, you can change the ownership and permissions of /mnt/sdi/spatial (*recursively*) with these commands, but note that this may not be what you want so use with caution: chown -R tomcat7:tomcat7 /mnt/sdi/spatial chmod -R ug+rX /mnt/sdi/spatial Kind regards, Ben. On 05/08/14 21:14, Derek wrote: > Hi > > We have been struggling to get GeoServer to follow data stored in a > symlinked directory (symlinked from GeoServer's actual data directory). All > permissions have been set and the owner/group is set to Tomcat7. The ls > output shows: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 21 Aug 4 13:03 spatial -> /mnt/sdi/spatial/ > > and this link and file system can be navigated from the command line. > > If any of the data is copied over from the symlinked directory to the > actual data directory (in our case, at /var/geoserver/data/), then it can be > loaded as expected. If not, then we get an error message: > > Error creating data store, check the parameters. Error message: Could not > acquire data access 'XYZ' > > The log show the same message, along with the usual NullPointerException. > > Is there an additional Tomcat or GeoServer configuration that is required to > access symlinked directories? > > Thanks! > Derek > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Symlinks-for-data-sub-directories-tp5155119.html > Sent from the GeoServer - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Infragistics Professional > Build stunning WinForms apps today! > Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. > Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au> Software Engineer CSIRO Mineral Resources Flagship Australian Resources Research Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
