Probably you should instead do this: $ cat /var/log/tomcat6
(I suspect it's the log file, not a tomcat6 folder). --- daniel baktiar On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 07:08, Christian Röttger < chris.roett...@uni-muenster.de> wrote: > Hello list, > > i updated my ubuntu server to tomcat 6.0.24. (a kernel update was also > included) After a reboot tomcat doesn't want to start. > The status is not running and when i want to start it, it always says: > /etc/init.d/tomcat6 start > * Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat6 [fail] > the same with force-reload > > when i try to look at the logs in /var/log/tomcat i don't get access > sudo cat /var/log$ cd tomcat6/ > -bash: cd: tomcat6/: Keine Berechtigung > > Where should i look? > Can anyone provide some help how to get it running again? > > thanks, > christian > >