Derek, can you show us the contents of the datastore.xml file in your data directory that defines this data store?
What platform are you using? CentOS / RedHat often have selinux enforcing; this additional security mechanism may prevent tomcat7 from accessing some files. If you have selinux security contexts, you can see them with: ls -alZ /mnt/sdi/spatial ls -alZ /mnt/sdi/spatial/city/planning Is this a network mount? What sort of filesystem? ext4, VFAT, or NTFS? Try: mount | grep /mnt/sdi It would also be helpful if you have a stack trace from the geoserver logs when this error occurs. This may give us more detail about the underlying error. Kind regards, Ben. On 06/08/14 15:26, Derek wrote: > Hi Ben > > Thanks for the reply. Yes, the permissions look OK. Using your > command, for example, ls -al /mnt/sdi/spatial/city/planning, I get this > listing for a directory containing a shapefile that I am trying to access: > > drwxrwxrwx 2 tomcat7 tomcat7 4096 Feb 26 09:37 . > drwxrwxrwx 7 tomcat7 tomcat7 4096 Aug 5 10:57 .. > -rw-rwxrwx 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 47966 Feb 26 09:37 > CoT_master_sbc_2010_poly_wgs84_1.dbf > -rw-rwxrwx 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 145 Feb 26 09:37 > CoT_master_sbc_2010_poly_wgs84_1.prj > -rw-rwxrwx 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 1556 Feb 26 09:37 > CoT_master_sbc_2010_poly_wgs84_1.sbn > -rw-rwxrwx 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 196 Feb 26 09:37 > CoT_master_sbc_2010_poly_wgs84_1.sbx > -rw-rwxrwx 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 108300 Feb 26 09:37 > CoT_master_sbc_2010_poly_wgs84_1.shp > -rw-rwxrwx 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 1212 Feb 26 09:37 > CoT_master_sbc_2010_poly_wgs84_1.shx > > Is there something else that needs to be changed? > > Regards > Derek > > > > > On 6 August 2014 04:55, Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au > <mailto:ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au>> wrote: > > 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 > > <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 > > <http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk> > _________________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > Geoserver-users@lists.__sourceforge.net > <mailto:Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/__lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > <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 > > -- 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
