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06-05-2013

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Tomcat 6.0 fails to read symlink(symbolic link) file

Hello all experts, Im in a situation where Tomcat simply does not want to read this file through the symlink....
I checked permissions..OK
Also checked file & tomcat owner...all OK.

This is what I have my /tomcat/conf/Catalina/local/appname.xml
<Context>
<Resource name="jdbc/black"
driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver"
auth="Container"
type="javax.sql.DataSource"
url=......................
username="blah"
password="whoaaa"/>

<Resource name="jdbc/brown"
.
.
<Resource name="jdbc/purple"

.
.
<Context path="/appname" override="true" docBase="appname" reloadable="false" crossContext="true" allowLinking="true"/>
</Context>

I tried to add /tomcat/webapps/appname/META-INF/context.xml ( still doesnt work)

<Context>
<Context path="/appname" override="true" docBase="appname" reloadable="false" crossContext="true" allowLinking="true"/>
</Context>

but my app still does not read the symbolically linked file but if replaced with the real file , works fine.
My tomcat version is 6.0.14 on linux RHEL 5 & jdk1.6.0_16
Any ideas where the issue might be?
All help is very much appreciated.

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lchown

LCHOWN(3)								 1								 LCHOWN(3)

lchown - Changes user ownership of symlink

SYNOPSIS

       bool lchown (string  $filename, mixed  $user)

DESCRIPTION

	Attempts to change the owner of the symlink $filename to user $user.

	Only the superuser may change the owner of a symlink.

PARAMETERS

	      o $filename
		- Path to the file.

	      o $user
		- User name or number.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Changing the owner of a symbolic link

	      <?php
	      $target = 'output.php';
	      $link = 'output.html';
	      symlink($target, $link);

	      lchown($link, 8);
	      ?>

NOTES

       Note

	      This function will not work on remote files as the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.

       Note

	      When  safe  mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the script
	      that is being executed.

       Note

	      This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

SEE ALSO

       chown(3), lchgrp(3), chgrp(3), chmod(3).

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