Hi,
I am using tomcat 5.5.9 with fedora (linux), and I am using jdk 1.5.0_06 The CATALINA_HOME, JAVA_HOME are defined, When I try to startup the tomcat as root user every thing is ok, it start But when I create a new user with permissions to logs and work directories, and try to startup the tomcat I get this message: In Catalina.out Apr 1, 2006 6:03:26 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load WARNING: Can't load server.xml Apr 1, 2006 6:03:26 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load WARNING: Can't load server.xml Apr 1, 2006 6:03:26 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 0 ms java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.jav a:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor Impl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:271) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:409) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.await(Catalina.java:600) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:560) ... 6 more Can any one help, Thanks Ali KASSEM Project Leader - IT Dept. Banque Du Liban P.O.Box:11/5544 Beirut, Lebanon Tel:961-1-750000 ext 4110 Fax:961-1-343316