chroot build method: geonetwork does not start

[kalxas]

The following error happens:

start-geonetwork.sh: 17: ./start_geonetwork.sh: cannot create logs/output.log: permission denied

[hamish]

the install_geonetwork.sh script does:

# fix permissions on installed software
chown -R "$USER_NAME:$USER_NAME" "$GEONETWORK_FOLDER"

it is not allowed to have the user own files outside of /home. before this was just bad practice, now with the new build system, where the user UID changes, it causes errors, as the user (now UID 999 not 1000) can't write to the dir listed above.

the work-around we've been using is to add the user to the "users" group, then

chgrp -R users "$GEONETWORK_FOLDER"/jetty/logs
chmod -R g+w "$GEONETWORK_FOLDER"/jetty/logs
adduser user users

what else besides the logs/ dir needs to be user writable?

thanks, Hamish

[kalxas]

still does not work in build8915 after the permission fix.

[hamish]

Replying to kalxas:

still does not work in build8915 after the permission fix.

no permission fix has been applied yet. waiting to hear back on what else besides the logs/ dir needs to be user writable?

Hamish

[kalxas]

By adding write permission to log folder, the service is able to start, but internal geoserver does not work correctly. Works when all geonetwork folder is writable

[hamish]

seems to be working now in the r8980 build. (only lightly tested)

Hamish

[kalxas]

confirmed in beta10