Jamie goodyear created KARAF-2191:
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             Summary: Karaf 3.0.x CLONE - Karaf startup fails with 
NullPointerException when logfile can't be written
                 Key: KARAF-2191
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-2191
             Project: Karaf
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: karaf-core
    Affects Versions: 2.2.9, 2.3.0, 3.0.0
            Reporter: Jamie goodyear
            Assignee: Andreas Pieber
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 2.2.11, 2.3.1, 3.0.0


The karaf startup fails with a NullPointerException when the logifle can't be 
accessed:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/karaf/data/log/karaf.log (Permission denied)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:177)
        at 
org.apache.karaf.main.BootstrapLogManager$SimpleFileHandler.open(BootstrapLogManager.java:115)
        at 
org.apache.karaf.main.BootstrapLogManager$SimpleFileHandler.<init>(BootstrapLogManager.java:104)
        at 
org.apache.karaf.main.BootstrapLogManager.getDefaultHandler(BootstrapLogManager.java:83)
        at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.launch(Main.java:234)
        at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.main(Main.java:429)
Could not create framework: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.util.logging.Logger.addHandler(Logger.java:1185)
        at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.launch(Main.java:234)
        at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.main(Main.java:429)

This should be changed to: Output a meaningfull message e.g. "Karaf can't 
startup, make sure the logifle can be accessed and written by the user starting 
Karaf",
OR
try to allocate a logfile with a different name.

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