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

Question

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 hasn't been installed properly? Or do I need some permissions to use Tomcat? Or are some important tomcat files missing? Or something else?

You need to grant rw permission to catalina.2010.02.16.log, for the tomcat group — OMG Ponies, Feb 16 '10 at 05:30
@Peter Lang: Is this for Windows? I've been working Tomcat on RH lately... — OMG Ponies, Feb 16 '10 at 06:01
check the permissions on the catalina.log file, or other catalina.[date].log files. Make the permissions match on the log file you get the error for. — OMG Ponies, Feb 16 '10 at 06:11
@OMG Ponies: I was guessing because of the `c:\program files\` :) — Peter Lang, Feb 16 '10 at 06:23

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '11 at 13:50

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I solved it by running netBeans (or whichever IDE you are using to run the application) as an administrator. That gives you access permissions.

answered Sep 19 '11 at 13:50

Mark

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 16 '10 at 05:30

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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?

answered Feb 16 '10 at 05:30

Peter Lang

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... and if the file in question does not exist, check that your application / its account has the permissions required to create the file in that directory. – Stephen C Feb 16 '10 at 05:34
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File doesnt exist. How do I check for permissions? Unable to create/cut/copy a new folder in Tomcat directory. Says"access is denied." Also, While trying to export the project as a .war file from eclipse into the tomcat webapps folder, it says an error has occured. – Pratyusha Feb 16 '10 at 05:44
You can try to change permissions. On Windows XP for example: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308419/EN-US/ – Peter Lang Feb 16 '10 at 05:55

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '12 at 13:37

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right click on log folder and in security give yourself proper WRITE permission and make sure folders are not in read only mode.

answered Feb 04 '12 at 13:37

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 16 '10 at 07:00

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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:

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

Run tomcat.
It should work now.

answered Feb 16 '10 at 07:00

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Hi, what were you referring to when you said "these new users (1 rep point users) dont bother to use the site as they should"? – Pratyusha Feb 16 '10 at 08:42
Thanks for your answer. I got the necessary system rights to deploy Tomcat. But now its throwing an error saying the war file cannot be unzipped.Also, How can I find out which port Tomcat is currently using? – Pratyusha Feb 16 '10 at 08:45
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Looks like you marked the question as 'answered'. Maybe you would need to open up another question on the site? – Ryan Fernandes Feb 16 '10 at 08:53

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 15 '10 at 10:03

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After installing Apache Tomcat you must give the OS user who will be running the Tomcat server write/update rights to the directories: temp, logs, work.

answered Nov 15 '10 at 10:03

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How would you go about doing that? – Jolley71717 May 02 '18 at 17:06

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 29 '13 at 03:24

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Solution: I right click on eclipse and gave it administrative rights

answered Jan 29 '13 at 03:24

user2015880

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how is this different from the answer by @Sai over a year ago? – Kate Gregory Jan 29 '13 at 03:46

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 16 '10 at 05:41

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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).

answered Feb 16 '10 at 05:41

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 14 '15 at 12:59

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The simple solution is that you need to run Tomcat with Administrator Permission. And this access denied will never occur.

answered Oct 14 '15 at 12:59

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