"Access is denied" message while deploying spring app in tomcat 6

Question

Hello all,

While trying to deploy my spring app on tomcat 6 I get an error saying

java.util.logging.errormanager:4
java.io.filenotfoundexception: c:\program files\apache software foundation\tomcat 6.0\logs\catalina.2010.02.16.log <Access is denied>
  at java.io.fileoutputstream.openappend <native method>
  at java.io.fileoutputstream.<init><unknown source>
  at java.io.filewriter.<init><unknown source>
  at apache.juli.filehandler.open<filehandler.java:259>
  at apache.juli.filehandler.open<filehandler.java:59>
  at apache.juli.filehandler.open<filehandler.java:50>
  at sun.reflect.nativeconstructoraccessorImpl.newInstance0<native method>
  at sun.reflect.delegatingconstructoraccessorImpl.newInstance<unknown source>
  at sun.reflect.constructor.newInstance<unknown source>
  at java.lang.class.newinstance0<unknown source>
  at org.apache.juli.classloaderlogmanager.readconfiguration<classloaderlogmanager.java:418>
  .....
  .....
  at java.util.logging.logmanager$2.run<unknown source>
  .....
  .....

Is this because Tomcat hasnt been installed properly

or do I need some permissions to use Tomcat

or are some important tomcat files missing?

or something else?

Help is much appreciated.

Thanks, Neetu.

Answer 1

Check if the following file exists:

c:\program files\apache software foundation\tomcat 6.0\logs\catalina.2010.02.16.log

Your exception says <Access is denied>, so maybe the file is open in another application or you are missing permissions?

Answer 2

Tomcat has no access rights to the c:\program files\ folders. There are ways to get around this, but the easiest way will be to install Tomcat in another directory, e.g in your user area (C:\Users).

Answer 3

Looks like you're working on a machine that has some security policies in place that restrict you from installing software yourself. This is very common in most organizations nowadays.

Do the following:

1. Uninstall tomcat.
2. Find a folder where you can read/write into (eg. D:\neetu)
3. Install tomcat in the above folder.

Run tomcat.
It should work now.