a lots of (Permission denied) in catalina.out

Question

How can i install Apache web server and Apache tomcat to avoid get errors like this:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.5/work/Catalin

Answer 1

Can't vouch for the security of doing so, but

$ cd /usr/local/tomcat/ #or /usr/shared/tomcat6, whatever your $TOMCAT_BASE dir
$ chown -R tomcat6 webapps temp logs work conf
$ chmod -R 777 webapps temp logs work conf

works a treat for these situations.

My tomcat install was borked with permission errors, but throwing open the gates thusly fixed everything.