DO NOT REPLY [Bug 16238] New: - log4j(1.2.6) - does not terminate if permission is denied to the folder where the log file are created

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log4j(1.2.6) - does not terminate if permission is denied to the folder where the log file are created

           Summary: log4j(1.2.6) - does not terminate if permission is
                    denied to the folder where the log file are created
           Product: Log4j
           Version: 1.2
          Platform: Sun
        OS/Version: Solaris
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Critical
          Priority: Other
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: log4j-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: esathya@chn.cognizant.com
                CC: esathya@chn.cognizant.com


My application continues to run even if the permission to folder or the log 
file inside that folder is denied.

It says " log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed"
and the following stack trace is printed only to the console(it's not thrown 
back as exception).
...................................

java.io.FileNotFoundException: load_reset.log.err.20030119 (Permission denied)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:100)
        at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:272)
        at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:151)
        at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate
(PropertySetter.java:247)
        at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties
(PropertySetter.java:123)
        at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties
(PropertySetter.java:87)
        at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender
(PropertyConfigurator.java:645)
        at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory
(PropertyConfigurator.java:603)
        at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCatsAndRenderers
(PropertyConfigurator.java
:524)
        at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure
(PropertyConfigurator.java:408)
        at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configure
(PropertyConfigurator.java:340)
.........................................

But, i need the exception to be thrown back to my calling program to terminate 
my application.

Is this a bug or is there any valid reason for this behaviour?
If there's any valid reason for this behaviour, can you suggest what work 
around has to be done to handle this problem?
Can you please help me out in this regard?

Thanks,
Sathya.

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