-----Original Message----- From: Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> Date: Monday, June 22, 2020 at 18:14 To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org>, Brian <brian...@emailbb.com> Subject: Re: File "catalina.out" not being created/populated when using Tomcat 9.0.31 + Ubuntu 20.04, and content goes to the Ubuntu syslog instead?
Le 22/06/2020 à 18:43, Brian a écrit : > I'm not really an expert with Linux. It would seem to me that the "adm" group (to which syslog seems to belong) lacks a write permission Indeed, rsyslog in Ubuntu runs as syslog:adm and needs special permissions to write to /var/log/tomcat9. This issue should be reported to Ubuntu. The tomcat9 package in Debian isn't affected by this issue because rsyslogd runs as root. > OK, I did it and the write permission was added to the adm group. I restarted Tomcat.... and it worked, the catalina.out file got created! However, after I restarted the whole Ubuntu, I discovered that the permissions went back to how there were (not write for adm). Why is that? The permissions on this directory are managed by systemd-tmpfiles. The tomcat9 package defines the expected permissions in /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat9.conf and the permissions are enforced when the system starts. It's possible to override the default settings, you have to copy the configuration file to /etc/tmpfiles.d/ and change the permissions on /var/log/tomcat9 from 2750 to 2760: cp /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat9.conf /etc/tmpfiles.d/ sed -i s/2750/2760/ /etc/tmpfiles.d/tomcat9.conf The write permissions for the adm group will then be persistent. Hi Emmanuel, Thanks a lot for your help, but unfortunately I think that something is still not working. I copied the file running the cp command, and then edited the created file to replace "2750" with "2760", then restarted Ubuntu.... But I still have the same problem, catalina.out never gets created. Then I tried editing the original file (/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat9.conf) replacing "2750" with "2760", then restarted Ubuntu.... But I still have the same problem. I verified that the permissions stay correct, I mean giving write permission to the adm group after I restart Ubuntu, and that DOES work! When I perform a "ls -l /var/log/", this is what I see for the "tomcat9" directory: drwxrwS--- 3 tomcat adm 4096 Jun 23 11:31 tomcat9 Finally, I checked the syslog and this is what I found: Jun 23 12:27:43 ip-172-31-92-155 systemd[1]: Starting Apache Tomcat 9 Web Application Server... Jun 23 12:27:43 ip-172-31-92-155 systemd[1]: Started Apache Tomcat 9 Web Application Server. Jun 23 12:27:43 ip-172-31-92-155 tomcat9[594]: NOTE: Picked up JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS: --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED Jun 23 12:27:43 ip-172-31-92-155 rsyslogd: file '/var/log/tomcat9/catalina.out': open error: Permission denied [v8.2001.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2433 ] Jun 23 12:27:44 ip-172-31-92-155 tomcat9[594]: Jun 23, 2020 12:27:44 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log Jun 23 12:27:44 ip-172-31-92-155 tomcat9[594]: INFO: Server version name: Apache Tomcat/9.0.31 (Ubuntu) ..... It seems that rsyslogd is still unable to deal with "/var/log/tomcat9/catalina.out". What could be wrong now? Do you have any ideas? Brian Emmanuel Bourg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org