Jamie goodyear created KARAF-2191: ------------------------------------- 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. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira