--- /tmp/tomcat-6       2011-09-03 11:27:40.000000000 -0400
+++ /etc/init.d/tomcat-6        2011-09-03 11:05:21.325797625 -0400
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
                touch "${CATALINA_BASE}logs/catalina.out"
                chown "${CATALINA_USER}:${CATALINA_GROUP}" "${CATALINA_BASE}logs/catalina.out"
        fi
+
+       if [ ! -e "${CATALINA_TMPDIR}" ]; then
+               mkdir ${CATALINA_TMPDIR} 2>&1 >/dev/null
+               chown "${CATALINA_USER}:${CATALINA_GROUP}" "${CATALINA_TMPDIR}"
+       fi
 }
 
 ssd() {