> -----Original Message----- > From: Rahul R [mailto:rahul.ra...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:25 AM > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Unable to unpack war under webapps > > Hi > > I have put ROOT.war under webapps folder of tomcat. When I start the > instance I am getting the below error on catalina.out. > > INFO: Deploying web application archive /opt/tomcat- > proxy/webapps/ROOT.war > May 06, 2014 6:28:22 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig > beforeStart > SEVERE: Exception fixing docBase for context [/ROOT] > java.io.IOException: Unable to create the directory [/opt/tomcat- > proxy/webapps/ROOT] > > I am not sure why this is happening. Checked the permissions on webapps > folder as well as the war file. Its 755. > > P.S: I am able to use jar to unpack it manually under webapps.
Who is listed as owner/group on the webapps directory? What user is Tomcat running under?
