> -----Original Message----- > From: Konstantin Kolinko > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:35 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Issues on startup for tomcat 5.5 on RHEL 5.5 > > 2010/12/8 Jason Pyeron <jpye...@pdinc.us>: > >> > java.io.IOException: IOException writing to > >> > /usr/share/tomcat5/conf/tomcat-users.xml.new > >> > >> What you do not understand in the above message? > >> Tomcat saves the file to a new name, then renames it. > >> > > > > I understand the message, it says tomcat cannot write that > file. What > > I do not understand is how it cannot write that file. > > > > Try to create that file. Maybe that'd give you some additional clue. > Maybe the file is already there, or maybe Tomcat runs not > under the user that you are expecting (or that user is non a > member of the "tomcat" group).
Maybe I forgot to mention in my original post, that the tomcat user can create and modify files in that directory, further that I checked the selinux log file while the error was happening and there was no relevant output. > > Anyway, I certainly recommend you to set readonly="true". [1] > It is set to readonly now. But there was some change on the system, which caused it to stop working in readwrite mode. Tomcat had been installed and functioning every week for many months now. > >> BTW, it is possible to set readonly="true" on the > UserDatabase entry > >> in server.xml and Tomcat won't try to write that file. (In > Tomcat 6+ > >> readonly flag is "true" by default). > >> > > [1] > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-resources-howto.h tml#UserDatabase_Resources I do not have any use for built in user authentication. I will eventually try to disable it entirely. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
