Issue
My JSPWiki servlet on Tomcat cannot make use of a wiki page directory not located in tomcat/lib as it did before. Any idea why?
I am using JSPWiki 2.11.3 and Tomcat 10.1.6. In jspwiki-custom.properties I have specified
jspwiki.fileSystemProvider.pageDir = /home/rsc/share/tomcat/lib/jw
where /home/rsc/share is a mount point of a different disk. Tomcat itself is install at /opt/tomcat without modifications.
Access rights should be ok: The tomcat user is in the group of the symbolic link and the wiki pages directory. Group members have read and write access and x access for folders, recursively.
When I copy the wiki pages folder over to tomcat/lib and change the jspwiki-custom.properties accordingly, JSPWiki works as expected.
I have the same configuration running on a different VM. I compared all configuration files: they are equal.
The differences are:
It works as expected on Debian 11 / Tomcat 10.1.4.
With the same Tomcat and JSPWiki configuration it makes problems on Arch manjaro / Tomcat 10.1.6.
Here you can find the Tomcat log.
Solution
Do not put a mount point below a users home directory.
I moved the mount point of VBox shared folder from /home/rsc/share to /home/share. That way the tomcat user is not restricted by the access permissions of the rsc users home directory.
Why this situation works in Debian 11 would need further investigation.
Answered By - ngong Answer Checked By - Senaida (WPSolving Volunteer)
