[jira] [Commented] (JSPWIKI-1051) Startup fails due to jspwiki.log (Permission denied)

["Harry Metske (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Harry Metske commented on JSPWIKI-1051:
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I have tried this same same scenario. I get the same stacktrace (when pointing the logging to a non-writable file), however, the webapp does start and just works.
But I do agree with Maik that such a stacktrace is not a warm welcome when installing JSPWiki.
I will have a look if we can change the default logging to stdout.

> Startup fails due to jspwiki.log (Permission denied)
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JSPWIKI-1051
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-1051
>             Project: JSPWiki
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 2.10.2
>         Environment: Ubuntu 16.04, Tomcat8 (system instance)
>            Reporter: Maik Scheibler
>
> When i follwow the [installation instructions|https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Getting%20Started#section-Getting+Started-Installation] the JSPWiki webapp fails to start.
> {noformat}
> log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.wiki.util.PropertyReader).
> log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
> log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
> log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: jspwiki.log (Permission denied)
>         at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method)
>         at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:270)
>         at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213)
>         at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:133)
>         at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:294)
>         at org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.setFile(RollingFileAppender.java:207)
>         at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:165)
>         at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:307)
>         at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:172)
>         at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:104)
>         at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:842)
>         at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:768)
>         at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:648)
>         at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:514)
>         at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configure(PropertyConfigurator.java:440)
>         at org.apache.wiki.WikiEngine.initialize(WikiEngine.java:464)
>         at org.apache.wiki.WikiEngine.<init>(WikiEngine.java:430)
>         at org.apache.wiki.WikiEngine.getInstance(WikiEngine.java:370)
>         at org.apache.wiki.ui.WikiServletFilter.init(WikiServletFilter.java:82)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.initFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:279)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:260)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:105)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4660)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5281)
>         at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
>         at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:939)
>         at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1812)
>         at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
>         at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
>         at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
>         at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
> {noformat}
> The current dir of the tomcat is {{/var/lib/tomcat8}}. This directory belongs to root and the tomcat user has no write permission.
> I would prefer to have a fallback for this situation, eg. initializing log4j with a simple console appender. So the webapp could startup and the log will be catched by tomcat.



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