Bug 61822 – tomcat won't start when using TOMCAT_START="start -security"

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jaco Kroon 2004-08-26 08:54:54 UTC]

This is due to the way start-stop daemon handles paramenters.  The following patche to /etc/init.d/tomcat5 resoves the issue:

--- tomcat5.orig        2004-08-26 17:09:03.022354214 +0200
+++ tomcat5     2004-08-26 17:09:05.016063547 +0200
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
 start()        {
        ebegin "Starting Tomcat"
-       start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid tomcat:tomcat --exec ${CATALINA_HOME}/bin/catalina.sh ${TOMCAT_START}
+       start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid tomcat:tomcat --exec ${CATALINA_HOME}/bin/catalina.sh -- ${TOMCAT_START}
        sleep 5
        eend $?
 }
 
 stop() {
        ebegin "Stopping Tomcat"
-       start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid tomcat:tomcat --exec ${CATALINA_HOME}/bin/catalina.sh ${TOMCAT_STOP}
+       start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid tomcat:tomcat --exec ${CATALINA_HOME}/bin/catalina.sh -- ${TOMCAT_STOP}
        sleep 5
        eend $?
 }


Please apply.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Thomas Matthijs (RETIRED) 2004-08-26 11:20:11 UTC]

Thanks, fixed

[Comment 2 Jaco Kroon 2004-08-26 11:34:26 UTC]

Pleasure, and thanks for the quick response.  Great work.