JRun Servlet Error "The system cannot find the path specified" when attempting to upload multipart form

Question

Hi there,

Some code a production server which uploaded files has seemingly stopped working with the following error:

JRun Servlet Error as the title of the page and the following in the page body:

500

The system cannot find the path specified


java.io.IOException: The system cannot find the path specified
at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
at java.io.File.checkAndCreate(File.java:1704)
at java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:1793)
at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.fillForm(FormScope.java:231)
at coldfusion.filter.FusionContext.SymTab_initForRequest(FusionContext.java:437)
at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:33)
at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)
at coldfusion.filter.RequestThrottleFilter.invoke(RequestThrottleFilter.java:126)
at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:175)
at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86)
at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:42)
at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101)
at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:106)
at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42)
at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:286)
at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543)
at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:203)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266)
at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66)

This issue is reproducible with the following code and occurs when the form is submitted.

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="test.cfm">
    <input type="FILE" name="frmFile">
    <input type="submit" name="frmSubmit" value="Upload">
</form>

Does any one have any ideas about what might have triggered this issue, how to resolve it and how to prevent it happening in the future?

Kind regards,

Tom

Answer 1

After finding very little useful information elsewhere I tried restarting the Coldfusion service and this resolved the issue.

However, I'd still be interested if anyone has any idea what may have caused this in the first place.