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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Christoph Meier <ch...@webmover.ch> on 2004/05/02 16:42:22 UTC
Re: writing to File-System; IOException on File.mkdirs() and/or File.createNewFile()
Doug
finally, it works.
>This appears to be a permissions issue. ...
>
you are right.
you might remember that i started Tomcat with a custom-script (see some
post before)
ps -auxfw =>
#--------------------
root 9267 0.0 0.0 28 28 ? S Apr17 0:02 runsv tomcat
root 29989 0.0 0.0 1416 564 ? S 16:26 0:00 \_
jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:SurvivorRatio=8
tomcat5 29992 6.9 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26 0:03 \_
jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:SurvivorRati
tomcat5 29993 0.0 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26 0:00
\_ jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:Survivor
tomcat5 29994 0.3 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26
0:00 \_ jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:Surv
tomcat5 29995 0.0 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26
0:00 \_ jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:Surv
tomcat5 29996 0.0 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26
0:00 \_ jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=4
#--------------------
the process on top still belongs root (which i did not expected) , but
this is just an observation,
is still do not understand its effect
after your mail i tried using the "normal" catalina.sh start =>
#-----------------------------------------------
tomcat5 30290 70.0 2.3 696512 48568 pts/4 R 16:29 0:02
/usr/java/bin/java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:////home/hmb/catalina_5
tomcat5 30291 0.0 2.3 696512 48572 pts/4 S 16:29 0:00 \_
/usr/java/bin/java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:////home/hmb/catali
tomcat5 30292 0.0 2.3 696512 48572 pts/4 S 16:29 0:00 \_
/usr/java/bin/java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:////home/hmb/ca
tomcat5 30293 0.0 2.3 696512 48572 pts/4 S 16:29 0:00 \_
/usr/java/bin/java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:////home/hmb/ca
tomcat5 30294 0.0 2.3 696512 48572 pts/4 S 16:29
#--------------------
now even the Tomcat-"top"-process belomgs to tomcat5 and everything works.
actually it was "our" admin who advised to use the runsv-daemon to
controll the tomcat-process ... its job is to restart the process if
Tomcat-top-process should go down ... actually a practically thing ...
but well
> It may be the file system does not like the mkdirs() command for non root
>users.
>
>
such behaviour i would considerate as a bug.
i'm extremly happy this is not the case.
Thanks for your hints!
_christoph
>Another test would be to logon as tomcat5 and run your program from the
>shell. If it fails, that backs up the idea that you need to be root to run
>mkdirs(). Or that you still don't have the correct permissions set.
>
>Do a ls -l on your directories and drill down several levels to ensure that
>the change propagated down.
>
>Next look at the directories and see if the command mkdirs() created any of
>the levels.
>
>Also what are the permissions set for on the catalina_5_19 directory?
>
>I am no expert on this by far and it is possible that I am missing
>something.
>
>As another test, I you would like, email me directly your test file and I
>will run it on my test box. I am also running TC5 on Linux and JDK1.4.2.
>
>Doug
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christoph Meier" <ch...@webmover.ch>
>To: "Parsons Technical Services" <pa...@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 7:02 AM
>Subject: Re: writing to File-System; IOException on File.mkdirs() and/or
>File.createNewFile()
>
>
>
>
>>Doug
>>
>>thanks for your hint.
>>when running tomcat as root, now it works (i thought that i already
>>tried that out, obvisouly i didn't)
>> ... the TestService worked suddenly, other parts of my cms-app i had
>>to "fix" a bit; it seems like there some file operations which work on
>>solaris with a jdk1.3 but do not not with the jdk1.4.2 on linux; but i
>>adapted it now
>>
>> .... BUT
>>... after doing
>># chown -Rc tomcat5 /home/hmb/catalina_5_19
>>and
>># chgrp -Rc tomcat5 /home/hmb/catalina_5_19
>>
>>and starting tomcat as tomcat5...
>>... i have the same problems like before
>>
>>
>>
>>java.io.IOException:
>>
>>
>>
>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/cms-content/edit/contents/xml/pages/de.x
>ml
>
>
>>java.io.IOException:
>>
>>
>>
>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/cms-content/edit/contents/xml/pages/de.x
>ml
>
>
>>at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method) at
>>java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828) at
>>ch.webmover.cms.content.page.XmlCmsPage.save
>><<<<<<<<<<
>>
>>... whereas the root-cause for the failing of >>createNewFile()<< still
>>is the failing of mkdirs() like describedin my last post ...
>>
>>anyway, Doug, thank you.
>>
>>_christoph
>>
>>
>>
>>>Christoph,
>>>
>>>Just as a quick test try this.
>>>
>>>Start Tomcat from the prompt as root using
>>>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/bin/startup.sh
>>>
>>>If it works you have a permissions problem.
>>>
>>># chown -Rc tomcat5 /home/hmb/catalina_5_19
>>>
>>>and for good measure
>>>
>>># chgrp -Rc tomcat5 /home/hmb/catalina_5_19
>>>
>>>Note the permissions on the directories as well as the files.
>>>
>>>>>From your first post it appears that you can read a file if it is there
>>>
>>>
>and
>
>
>>>write one as well. The real issue is in creating a directory. Is this
>>>correct?
>>>
>>>Doug
>>>www.parsonstechnical.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Christoph Meier" <ch...@webmover.ch>
>>>To: "Tomcat Users List" <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
>>>Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 7:28 PM
>>>Subject: Re: writing to File-System; IOException on File.mkdirs() and/or
>>>File.createNewFile()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>today i was debugging a lillte bit deeper (into sdk 1.4.2) to find out
>>>>where the IOException ecatly is thrown ...
>>>>in my desperation i also tried an alternative jre (blackdown); the
>>>>debugging i did with standard sun j2se
>>>>
>>>>... may be this can help somebody to give me the final hint.
>>>>
>>>>at the end of this mail i attach the script i'm using to start Tomcat
>>>>(onto which i added a "umask 006" ...)
>>>>
>>>>-> debugging aFile.mkdirs()
>>>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>>>public class File implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable {
>>>>// ...
>>>>static private FileSystem fs = FileSystem.getFileSystem();
>>>>
>>>>public boolean mkdirs() {
>>>> if (exists()) {
>>>> return false;
>>>> }
>>>> if (mkdir()) {
>>>> return true;
>>>> }
>>>> File canonFile = null;
>>>> try {
>>>> canonFile = getCanonicalFile();
>>>> } catch (IOException e){ // -> 1
>>>> return false;
>>>> }
>>>> String parent = canonFile.getParent();
>>>> return (parent != null) && (new File(parent).mkdirs() &&
>>>>canonFile.mkdir());
>>>> }
>>>>// ...
>>>> public File getCanonicalFile() throws IOException {
>>>> return new File(getCanonicalPath());
>>>> }
>>>>// ...
>>>> public String getCanonicalPath() throws IOException {
>>>> return fs.canonicalize(fs.resolve(this));
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>// ...
>>>>
>>>>}
>>>>--------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Exception is thrown at (1) in >>mkdirs()<<
>>>>when calling >>getCanonicalFile()<<
>>>>the IOException is passed from >>getCanonicalPath()<<
>>>>within >>getCanonicalPath()<< it is >>fs.canonicalize()<< which
>>>>
>>>>
>fails.
>
>
>>>>>>fs<< is the plattform-dependant Implementation of abstract
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>java.io.FileSystem , for which i had no Source-Code to debugg into;
>>>>actually it is java.io.UnixFileSystem, and i know how it looks like
>>>>(see
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/palsberg/cs565/java-source/java.1.2.2/src/so
>>
>>
>laris/classes/java/io/UnixFileSystem.java
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>>, maybe there is a newer version somewhere )
>>>>
>>>>in UnixFileSystem (see Link above) >>canonicalize()<< calls a native
>>>>method;
>>>>#---- snippet ----
>>>>public native String canonicalize(String path) throws IOException;
>>>>#----------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>the stack trace when calling directly >>aFile.getCanonicalPath()<< im
>>>>my TestService looks like:
>>>>->
>>>>.#-------------------------------------
>>>>java.io.IOException: Bad pathname
>>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize0(Native Method)
>>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(UnixFileSystem.java:154)
>>>> at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:513)
>>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:78)
>>>>#---------------------------------------
>>>>.. the "Bad pathname" is nothing else than
>>>>"home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/a/1.txt" which should't be that bad
>>>>...(i guessed)
>>>>... later on in my TestService ...
>>>>when calling >>aFile.createNewFile()<< next Exception is thrown
>>>>#------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
>>>> at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828)
>>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:94)
>>>>#----------------------------------------------------
>>>>... but that's no more mistery since >>mkdirs()<< already failed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>below are the stacks from the Exceptions thrown when using
>>>>blackdown-jre ... looks the same
>>>>#-------------------------------------
>>>>java.io.IOException: Bad pathname
>>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize0(Native Method)
>>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(UnixFileSystem.java:154)
>>>> at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:513)
>>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:78)
>>>>#---------------------------------------
>>>>java.io.IOException: /home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/a/1.txt
>>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
>>>> at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828)
>>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:94)
>>>>#----------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>to finish i would like to emphasise again, that i still have another
>>>>Class "Test" which works fine concerning
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>mkdirs()<< and >>createNewFile()<< when i start it directly from the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>shell (without Tomcat)
>>>>
>>>>->
>>>>tomcat5@olga:~$ /usr/java/bin/java Test
>>>>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/1/2/3/4/myFile.txt
>>>>-> and the File is written!!!
>>>>
>>>>well, i still hope to find a solution ... may be someone has a good
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>hint?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>thanks,
>>>>regards,
>>>>christoph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>############## start-script ########################
>>>>JAVA_HOME=/usr/java
>>>>JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m
>>>>-XX:SurvivorRatio=8 -Xms128m -Xmx512m"
>>>>CATALINA_OPTS=
>>>>CATALINA_BASE=/home/hmb/catalina_5_19
>>>>CATALINA_HOME=$CATALINA_BASE
>>>>CATALINA_TMPDIR="$CATALINA_BASE"/webapps/hmb
>>>>JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS="$CATALINA_HOME"/common/endorsed
>>>>
>>>>CLASSPATH=\
>>>>$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar:\
>>>>$CATALINA_HOME/bin/commons-daemon.jar:\
>>>>$CATALINA_HOME/bin/bootstrap.jar
>>>>
>>>>. $CATALINA_HOME/bin/custom.sh
>>>>
>>>>umask 006
>>>>
>>>>exec $CATALINA_HOME/bin/jsvc $JAVA_OPTS $CATALINA_OPTS \
>>>> -user tomcat5 \
>>>> -nodetach \
>>>> -home $JAVA_HOME \
>>>> -Djava.endorsed.dirs="$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS" \
>>>> -Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE \
>>>> -Dcatalina.home=$CATALINA_HOME \
>>>> -Djava.io.tmpdir=$CATALINA_TMPDIR \
>>>> -outfile /home/hmb/catalina_5_19/logs/catalina.out \
>>>> -errfile '&1' \
>>>> $CATALINA_OPTS \
>>>> -cp $CLASSPATH \
>>>> org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap
>>>>
>>>>############ EOF: start-script ########################
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hallo
>>>>>
>>>>>i have some problems writing Files to the local harddisk.
>>>>>running Tomcat 5.19 on a Linux with a jre1.4.2, Tomcat started without
>>>>>security-option;
>>>>>process-owner is a user called "tomcat5"
>>>>>
>>>>>i'm trying to write a File (from scratch) into
>>>>>$catalinaBase/webapps/myApp/ .
>>>>>$catalinaBase/** belongs to user tomcat5, Permissions set to 770 .
>>>>>
>>>>>i'm doing something like:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> File aFile = new File(aFilePath);
>>>>> if (!aFile.mkdirs()){
>>>>> //
>>>>> }
>>>>> if (aFile.exists()){
>>>>> if (!aFile.delete()){
>>>>> //
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>> try {
>>>>> aFile.createNewFile();
>>>>> } catch (IOException e) {
>>>>> e.printStackTrace();
>>>>> }
>>>>> // adding some xml into the file ...
>>>>> addContentToFile(aFile);
>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>if the parent directory of "aFilePath" already exists, everything
>>>>>works fine ...
>>>>>if one of the parent-dirs is missing, it fails ...
>>>>>e.g. $catalinaBase/webapps/myApp/myTestFile.txt wil be created (since
>>>>>$catalinaBase/webapps/myApp already exists), but
>>>>>$catalinaBase/webapps/myApp/a/b/c/myTestFile.txt fails ....
>>>>>
>>>>>when debugging i see that >>aFile.mkdirs()<< returns false ... but
>>>>>since it throws no Exception, i has no clear idea why mkdirs() fails,
>>>>>later in the code >>aFile.createNewFile()<< throws an IOException ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>java.io.IOException: /home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/a/1.txt
>>>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
>>>>> at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828)
>>>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:93)
>>>>><<
>>>>>when inspecting the IOException with debugger (using Eclipse build
>>>>>30M8) root-cause of IOException or its localized message only contains
>>>>>the path of the File which i wanted to create ... (e.g.
>>>>>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/a/1.txt)
>>>>>
>>>>>the "funny" thing is, all works fine with same Deployment on win2000
>>>>>and solaris (with same permissions set, i guess).
>>>>>
>>>>>has somebody an idea? does the problem concern rights/permissions
>>>>>and/or user/groups on the file-system or must i do a special grant in
>>>>>the cataliny.policy (and starting tomcat with the security option)?
>>>>>
>>>>>thanks in advance,
>>>>>kind regards
>>>>>christoph
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: writing to File-System; IOException on File.mkdirs() and/or File.createNewFile()
Posted by Parsons Technical Services <pa...@earthlink.net>.
Christoph,
If you are going to run Tomcat on port 8080 and 8443 then you can use the
normal startup script. If you need it on port 80 the you have two choices,
run as root (not good) or use jsrv daemon which starts tomcat as root then
changes the user id as set in the startup script.
If you need to respawn the process if it fails then call the startup.sh from
the inittab with repawn.
Glad you got it going.
Good luck.
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Meier" <ch...@webmover.ch>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: writing to File-System; IOException on File.mkdirs() and/or
File.createNewFile()
> Doug
>
> finally, it works.
>
> >This appears to be a permissions issue. ...
> >
> you are right.
> you might remember that i started Tomcat with a custom-script (see some
> post before)
> ps -auxfw =>
> #--------------------
> root 9267 0.0 0.0 28 28 ? S Apr17 0:02 runsv
tomcat
> root 29989 0.0 0.0 1416 564 ? S 16:26 0:00 \_
> jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:SurvivorRatio=8
> tomcat5 29992 6.9 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26 0:03 \_
> jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:SurvivorRati
> tomcat5 29993 0.0 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26 0:00
> \_ jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:Survivor
> tomcat5 29994 0.3 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26
> 0:00 \_ jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:Surv
> tomcat5 29995 0.0 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26
> 0:00 \_ jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m -XX:Surv
> tomcat5 29996 0.0 3.3 708184 68556 ? S 16:26
> 0:00 \_ jsvc.exec -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=4
> #--------------------
> the process on top still belongs root (which i did not expected) , but
> this is just an observation,
> is still do not understand its effect
>
>
> after your mail i tried using the "normal" catalina.sh start =>
> #-----------------------------------------------
> tomcat5 30290 70.0 2.3 696512 48568 pts/4 R 16:29 0:02
> /usr/java/bin/java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:////home/hmb/catalina_5
> tomcat5 30291 0.0 2.3 696512 48572 pts/4 S 16:29 0:00 \_
> /usr/java/bin/java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:////home/hmb/catali
> tomcat5 30292 0.0 2.3 696512 48572 pts/4 S 16:29 0:00 \_
> /usr/java/bin/java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:////home/hmb/ca
> tomcat5 30293 0.0 2.3 696512 48572 pts/4 S 16:29 0:00 \_
> /usr/java/bin/java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:////home/hmb/ca
> tomcat5 30294 0.0 2.3 696512 48572 pts/4 S 16:29
> #--------------------
>
> now even the Tomcat-"top"-process belomgs to tomcat5 and everything works.
>
> actually it was "our" admin who advised to use the runsv-daemon to
> controll the tomcat-process ... its job is to restart the process if
> Tomcat-top-process should go down ... actually a practically thing ...
> but well
>
> > It may be the file system does not like the mkdirs() command for non
root
> >users.
> >
> >
> such behaviour i would considerate as a bug.
> i'm extremly happy this is not the case.
>
>
> Thanks for your hints!
>
> _christoph
>
> >Another test would be to logon as tomcat5 and run your program from the
> >shell. If it fails, that backs up the idea that you need to be root to
run
> >mkdirs(). Or that you still don't have the correct permissions set.
> >
> >Do a ls -l on your directories and drill down several levels to ensure
that
> >the change propagated down.
> >
> >Next look at the directories and see if the command mkdirs() created any
of
> >the levels.
> >
> >Also what are the permissions set for on the catalina_5_19 directory?
> >
> >I am no expert on this by far and it is possible that I am missing
> >something.
> >
> >As another test, I you would like, email me directly your test file and I
> >will run it on my test box. I am also running TC5 on Linux and JDK1.4.2.
> >
> >Doug
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Christoph Meier" <ch...@webmover.ch>
> >To: "Parsons Technical Services" <pa...@earthlink.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 7:02 AM
> >Subject: Re: writing to File-System; IOException on File.mkdirs() and/or
> >File.createNewFile()
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Doug
> >>
> >>thanks for your hint.
> >>when running tomcat as root, now it works (i thought that i already
> >>tried that out, obvisouly i didn't)
> >> ... the TestService worked suddenly, other parts of my cms-app i had
> >>to "fix" a bit; it seems like there some file operations which work on
> >>solaris with a jdk1.3 but do not not with the jdk1.4.2 on linux; but i
> >>adapted it now
> >>
> >> .... BUT
> >>... after doing
> >># chown -Rc tomcat5 /home/hmb/catalina_5_19
> >>and
> >># chgrp -Rc tomcat5 /home/hmb/catalina_5_19
> >>
> >>and starting tomcat as tomcat5...
> >>... i have the same problems like before
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>java.io.IOException:
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/cms-content/edit/contents/xml/pages/de.
x
> >ml
> >
> >
> >>java.io.IOException:
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/cms-content/edit/contents/xml/pages/de.
x
> >ml
> >
> >
> >>at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method) at
> >>java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828) at
> >>ch.webmover.cms.content.page.XmlCmsPage.save
> >><<<<<<<<<<
> >>
> >>... whereas the root-cause for the failing of >>createNewFile()<< still
> >>is the failing of mkdirs() like describedin my last post ...
> >>
> >>anyway, Doug, thank you.
> >>
> >>_christoph
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Christoph,
> >>>
> >>>Just as a quick test try this.
> >>>
> >>>Start Tomcat from the prompt as root using
> >>>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/bin/startup.sh
> >>>
> >>>If it works you have a permissions problem.
> >>>
> >>># chown -Rc tomcat5 /home/hmb/catalina_5_19
> >>>
> >>>and for good measure
> >>>
> >>># chgrp -Rc tomcat5 /home/hmb/catalina_5_19
> >>>
> >>>Note the permissions on the directories as well as the files.
> >>>
> >>>>From your first post it appears that you can read a file if it is
there
> >>>
> >>>
> >and
> >
> >
> >>>write one as well. The real issue is in creating a directory. Is this
> >>>correct?
> >>>
> >>>Doug
> >>>www.parsonstechnical.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: "Christoph Meier" <ch...@webmover.ch>
> >>>To: "Tomcat Users List" <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
> >>>Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 7:28 PM
> >>>Subject: Re: writing to File-System; IOException on File.mkdirs()
and/or
> >>>File.createNewFile()
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi
> >>>>
> >>>>today i was debugging a lillte bit deeper (into sdk 1.4.2) to find out
> >>>>where the IOException ecatly is thrown ...
> >>>>in my desperation i also tried an alternative jre (blackdown); the
> >>>>debugging i did with standard sun j2se
> >>>>
> >>>>... may be this can help somebody to give me the final hint.
> >>>>
> >>>>at the end of this mail i attach the script i'm using to start Tomcat
> >>>>(onto which i added a "umask 006" ...)
> >>>>
> >>>>-> debugging aFile.mkdirs()
> >>>>-----------------------------------------------------
> >>>>public class File implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable {
> >>>>// ...
> >>>>static private FileSystem fs = FileSystem.getFileSystem();
> >>>>
> >>>>public boolean mkdirs() {
> >>>> if (exists()) {
> >>>> return false;
> >>>> }
> >>>> if (mkdir()) {
> >>>> return true;
> >>>> }
> >>>> File canonFile = null;
> >>>> try {
> >>>> canonFile = getCanonicalFile();
> >>>> } catch (IOException e){ // -> 1
> >>>> return false;
> >>>> }
> >>>> String parent = canonFile.getParent();
> >>>> return (parent != null) && (new File(parent).mkdirs() &&
> >>>>canonFile.mkdir());
> >>>> }
> >>>>// ...
> >>>> public File getCanonicalFile() throws IOException {
> >>>> return new File(getCanonicalPath());
> >>>> }
> >>>>// ...
> >>>> public String getCanonicalPath() throws IOException {
> >>>> return fs.canonicalize(fs.resolve(this));
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>>// ...
> >>>>
> >>>>}
> >>>>--------------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>>Exception is thrown at (1) in >>mkdirs()<<
> >>>>when calling >>getCanonicalFile()<<
> >>>>the IOException is passed from >>getCanonicalPath()<<
> >>>>within >>getCanonicalPath()<< it is >>fs.canonicalize()<< which
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >fails.
> >
> >
> >>>>>>fs<< is the plattform-dependant Implementation of abstract
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>java.io.FileSystem , for which i had no Source-Code to debugg into;
> >>>>actually it is java.io.UnixFileSystem, and i know how it looks like
> >>>>(see
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
>
>>http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/palsberg/cs565/java-source/java.1.2.2/src/s
o
> >>
> >>
> >laris/classes/java/io/UnixFileSystem.java
> >
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>, maybe there is a newer version somewhere )
> >>>>
> >>>>in UnixFileSystem (see Link above) >>canonicalize()<< calls a native
> >>>>method;
> >>>>#---- snippet ----
> >>>>public native String canonicalize(String path) throws IOException;
> >>>>#----------------
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>the stack trace when calling directly >>aFile.getCanonicalPath()<< im
> >>>>my TestService looks like:
> >>>>->
> >>>>.#-------------------------------------
> >>>>java.io.IOException: Bad pathname
> >>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize0(Native Method)
> >>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(UnixFileSystem.java:154)
> >>>> at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:513)
> >>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:78)
> >>>>#---------------------------------------
> >>>>.. the "Bad pathname" is nothing else than
> >>>>"home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/a/1.txt" which should't be that
bad
> >>>>...(i guessed)
> >>>>... later on in my TestService ...
> >>>>when calling >>aFile.createNewFile()<< next Exception is thrown
> >>>>#------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
> >>>> at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828)
> >>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:94)
> >>>>#----------------------------------------------------
> >>>>... but that's no more mistery since >>mkdirs()<< already failed
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>below are the stacks from the Exceptions thrown when using
> >>>>blackdown-jre ... looks the same
> >>>>#-------------------------------------
> >>>>java.io.IOException: Bad pathname
> >>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize0(Native Method)
> >>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(UnixFileSystem.java:154)
> >>>> at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:513)
> >>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:78)
> >>>>#---------------------------------------
> >>>>java.io.IOException: /home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/a/1.txt
> >>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
> >>>> at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828)
> >>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:94)
> >>>>#----------------------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>to finish i would like to emphasise again, that i still have another
> >>>>Class "Test" which works fine concerning
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>mkdirs()<< and >>createNewFile()<< when i start it directly from
the
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>shell (without Tomcat)
> >>>>
> >>>>->
> >>>>tomcat5@olga:~$ /usr/java/bin/java Test
> >>>>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/1/2/3/4/myFile.txt
> >>>>-> and the File is written!!!
> >>>>
> >>>>well, i still hope to find a solution ... may be someone has a good
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>hint?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>thanks,
> >>>>regards,
> >>>>christoph
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>############## start-script ########################
> >>>>JAVA_HOME=/usr/java
> >>>>JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -XX:NewSize=48m -XX:MaxNewSize=48m
> >>>>-XX:SurvivorRatio=8 -Xms128m -Xmx512m"
> >>>>CATALINA_OPTS=
> >>>>CATALINA_BASE=/home/hmb/catalina_5_19
> >>>>CATALINA_HOME=$CATALINA_BASE
> >>>>CATALINA_TMPDIR="$CATALINA_BASE"/webapps/hmb
> >>>>JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS="$CATALINA_HOME"/common/endorsed
> >>>>
> >>>>CLASSPATH=\
> >>>>$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar:\
> >>>>$CATALINA_HOME/bin/commons-daemon.jar:\
> >>>>$CATALINA_HOME/bin/bootstrap.jar
> >>>>
> >>>>. $CATALINA_HOME/bin/custom.sh
> >>>>
> >>>>umask 006
> >>>>
> >>>>exec $CATALINA_HOME/bin/jsvc $JAVA_OPTS $CATALINA_OPTS \
> >>>> -user tomcat5 \
> >>>> -nodetach \
> >>>> -home $JAVA_HOME \
> >>>> -Djava.endorsed.dirs="$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS" \
> >>>> -Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE \
> >>>> -Dcatalina.home=$CATALINA_HOME \
> >>>> -Djava.io.tmpdir=$CATALINA_TMPDIR \
> >>>> -outfile /home/hmb/catalina_5_19/logs/catalina.out \
> >>>> -errfile '&1' \
> >>>> $CATALINA_OPTS \
> >>>> -cp $CLASSPATH \
> >>>> org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap
> >>>>
> >>>>############ EOF: start-script ########################
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hallo
> >>>>>
> >>>>>i have some problems writing Files to the local harddisk.
> >>>>>running Tomcat 5.19 on a Linux with a jre1.4.2, Tomcat started
without
> >>>>>security-option;
> >>>>>process-owner is a user called "tomcat5"
> >>>>>
> >>>>>i'm trying to write a File (from scratch) into
> >>>>>$catalinaBase/webapps/myApp/ .
> >>>>>$catalinaBase/** belongs to user tomcat5, Permissions set to 770 .
> >>>>>
> >>>>>i'm doing something like:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
>
>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> File aFile = new File(aFilePath);
> >>>>> if (!aFile.mkdirs()){
> >>>>> //
> >>>>> }
> >>>>> if (aFile.exists()){
> >>>>> if (!aFile.delete()){
> >>>>> //
> >>>>> }
> >>>>> }
> >>>>> try {
> >>>>> aFile.createNewFile();
> >>>>> } catch (IOException e) {
> >>>>> e.printStackTrace();
> >>>>> }
> >>>>> // adding some xml into the file ...
> >>>>> addContentToFile(aFile);
> >>>>>------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>if the parent directory of "aFilePath" already exists, everything
> >>>>>works fine ...
> >>>>>if one of the parent-dirs is missing, it fails ...
> >>>>>e.g. $catalinaBase/webapps/myApp/myTestFile.txt wil be created
(since
> >>>>>$catalinaBase/webapps/myApp already exists), but
> >>>>>$catalinaBase/webapps/myApp/a/b/c/myTestFile.txt fails ....
> >>>>>
> >>>>>when debugging i see that >>aFile.mkdirs()<< returns false ... but
> >>>>>since it throws no Exception, i has no clear idea why mkdirs() fails,
> >>>>>later in the code >>aFile.createNewFile()<< throws an IOException ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>java.io.IOException: /home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/a/1.txt
> >>>>> at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
> >>>>> at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:828)
> >>>>> at ch.hmb.app.service.TestService.writeTo(TestService.java:93)
> >>>>><<
> >>>>>when inspecting the IOException with debugger (using Eclipse build
> >>>>>30M8) root-cause of IOException or its localized message only
contains
> >>>>>the path of the File which i wanted to create ... (e.g.
> >>>>>/home/hmb/catalina_5_19/webapps/hmb/a/1.txt)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>the "funny" thing is, all works fine with same Deployment on win2000
> >>>>>and solaris (with same permissions set, i guess).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>has somebody an idea? does the problem concern rights/permissions
> >>>>>and/or user/groups on the file-system or must i do a special grant in
> >>>>>the cataliny.policy (and starting tomcat with the security option)?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>thanks in advance,
> >>>>>kind regards
> >>>>>christoph
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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