perfsonar development work

[Stijn Melis <>]

Stijn Melis wrote:
> Hi Frederic,
>
> I am trying to reinstall everything from scratch.
>
> I installed both perfsonar-tomcat and perfsonar-exist as root (using the
> root user).
>
> I then logged in as perfsonar user, and tried installing ssh-telnet mp,
> but I get this error message:
>
> [perfsonar@localhost
>  ~]$ rpm -i geant2_java-sshtelnet-mp-1.3RC1-1.i386.rpm
> error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
>
> I then installed it as root, after which I logged in as perfsonar user,
> and tried starting tomcat. This gives me the following error:
>
> [perfsonar@localhost
>  bin]$ ./startup.sh
> Using CATALINA_BASE:   /home/perfsonar/perfsonar-tomcat
> Using CATALINA_HOME:   /home/perfsonar/perfsonar-tomcat
> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /home/perfsonar/perfsonar-tomcat/temp
> Using JRE_HOME:       /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_14
> touch: cannot touch 
> `/home/perfsonar/perfsonar-tomcat/logs/catalina.out': Permission denied
> /home/perfsonar/perfsonar-tomcat/bin/catalina.sh: line 258: 
> /home/perfsonar/perfsonar-tomcat/logs/catalina.out: Permission denied
>
> If I start tomcat as root, everything seems to be working fine though, 
> so I'll upload my first RC tomorrow morning.

Just a quick update:

the geant2_java-sshtelnet-mp link I made when preparing the rpm does not 
 seem to work when I install the rpm :s

I have to manually remove the link, and create it again. Do any of you 
have any idea what is causing this?

Thanks,

Stijn

> Cheers,
>
> Stijn