Public bug reported: In Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10, tomcat 5.5 has a little bug in the startup script (/etc/init.d/tomcat5.5) that prevents Tomcat from starting again when a web application has created a subdirectory in the temp directory (located at /var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp).
To me this happens because a Java library I use (Geotools) does exactly that. The first start goes well, and it creates the directory /var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp/Geotools/Databases/HSQL. The second start fail. This is the error I get on the console: * Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat5.5 rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp/Geotools': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp/Geotools/Databases': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp/Geotools/Databases/HSQL': Is a directory I have to delete manually the directory /var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp/Geotools in order to let Tomcat start again. Fabio Da Soghe ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Tomcat 5.5 startup script fail if temp directory contains subdirectories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161882 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs