As an additinal info: i used "ubuntu-bug tomcat7" directly after the installation, so i did not change aynthing.
michael@raidbuntu:~$ ls -all /etc/tomcat7/tomcat-users.xml -rw-r----- 1 root tomcat7 1530 Feb 25 2012 /etc/tomcat7/tomcat-users.xml So seems like, ubuntu-bug is executing it as my normal user "michael" which is not part of tomcat7 or root. michael@raidbuntu:~$ id michael uid=1000(michael) gid=1000(michael) Gruppen=1000(michael),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),111(lpadmin),112(sambashare) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1262202 Title: ubuntu-bug tomcat7 is crashing with "permission denied" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/+bug/1262202/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs