https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49728
Summary: catalina.sh PID file handling not working if started by initscript Product: Tomcat 6 Version: 6.0.29 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Catalina AssignedTo: dev@tomcat.apache.org ReportedBy: p...@bieringer.de the PID file handling was changed in 6.0.24 in catalina.sh, which avoid the use of an initscript to start tomcat proper (e.g. on CentOS/RHEL5). catalina.sh is currently too strict regarding existing PID file and has imho a too lightweight check. Below is a patch which improves the PID file handling. It fixes 2 issues. Issue 1: tomcat won't start, if initscript has already created as root a PID file and changed permissions, that user tomcat would able to write it's PID into this file. Fix: check existing PID file whether it's non-empty and if yes, check, whether PID is stale Issue 2: catalina.sh unconditionally tries to remove the given PID file, not testing the case that it has no write access to the directory (e.g. /var/run). Fix: check before removing a PID file (because this needs write access to pid file directory, which is e.g. /var/run, were user tomcat has no write access) Pls. include this fix into upstream, thank you. Peter --- catalina.sh 2010-07-19 12:59:45.000000000 +0000 +++ catalina.sh 2010-08-09 13:00:56.000000000 +0000 @@ -311,9 +311,15 @@ elif [ "$1" = "start" ] ; then if [ ! -z "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then - if [ -f "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then - echo "PID file ($CATALINA_PID) found. Is Tomcat still running? Start aborted." - exit 1 + if [ -f "$CATALINA_PID" -a -s "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then + echo "Non-empty PID file ($CATALINA_PID) found. Is Tomcat still running?" + pid="`cat "$CATALINA_PID"`" + if ps -p $pid >/dev/null; then + echo "Tomcat is probably still running with PID $pid! Start aborted." + exit 1 + else + echo "Tomcat is no longer running (stale PID file)." + fi fi fi @@ -393,7 +399,11 @@ while [ $SLEEP -ge 0 ]; do kill -0 `cat $CATALINA_PID` >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then - rm $CATALINA_PID + if [ -w `dirname "$CATALINA_PID"` ]; then + rm $CATALINA_PID + else + echo "Non-removable PID file found ($CATALINA_PID)." + fi break fi if [ $SLEEP -gt 0 ]; then @@ -416,7 +426,11 @@ if [ -f "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then echo "Killing: `cat $CATALINA_PID`" kill -9 `cat $CATALINA_PID` - rm $CATALINA_PID + if [ -w `dirname "$CATALINA_PID"` ]; then + rm $CATALINA_PID + else + echo "Non-removable PID file found ($CATALINA_PID)." + fi fi fi fi -- Configure bugmail: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org