topic What is the default location of the alfresco.log file in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-default-location-of-the-alfresco-log-file/m-p/271941#M225071 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>My installation is returning a couple of errors in the catalina.out file:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.<BR />java.io.FileNotFoundException: alfresco.log (Permission denied)<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Indicating that the alfresco.log file is either trying to be placed in a directory that doesn't have permission to write files, or that the directory doesn't exist.&nbsp; I've confirmed that the log(s) directory under the $CATALINA_HOME has tomcat ownership, but the file does not appear to be using that directory.&nbsp; We're resorting to modifying the log4j.properties within the war files which is obviously not recommended, but cannot find any other alternative.&nbsp; Also, modifying tomcat's log4j.properties file under $CATALINA_HOME/conf/log4j.properties does not seem to overwrite what was set in the war file's configurations.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We're running our installation via the .war file method on RHEL6.&nbsp; $CATALINA_HOME defaults to /usr/share/tomcat6 with a bunch of symlinks for every sub-directory within.&nbsp; /usr/share/tomca6/logs points to /var/log/tomcat6, which works fine for everything except alfresco.log.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:43:02 GMT smiller 2011-09-13T15:43:02Z What is the default location of the alfresco.log file https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-default-location-of-the-alfresco-log-file/m-p/271941#M225071 My installation is returning a couple of errors in the catalina.out file:log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.java.io.FileNotFoundException: alfresco.log (Permission denied)‍‍‍Indicating that the alfresco.log file is either trying to be placed in a directory that doesn't have permission to wri Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:43:02 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-default-location-of-the-alfresco-log-file/m-p/271941#M225071 smiller 2011-09-13T15:43:02Z Re: What is the default location of the alfresco.log file https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-default-location-of-the-alfresco-log-file/m-p/271942#M225072 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This seems to be a known issue for most of a year now that will not be fixed. </SPAN><A href="http://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-5551" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-5551</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Workaround:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN># sudo mkdir /var/log/alfresco</SPAN><BR /><SPAN># sudo nano /opt/alfresco-3.4.d/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>– change&nbsp; "log4j.appender.File.File=alfresco.log"&nbsp; to "log4j.appender.File.File=/var/log/alfresco/alfresco.log"</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Restart Alfresco</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:08:46 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-default-location-of-the-alfresco-log-file/m-p/271942#M225072 quietas 2011-09-28T21:08:46Z