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    <title>topic error: alfresco.log (Permission denied) in Alfresco Forum</title>
    <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/error-alfresco-log-permission-denied/m-p/89647#M26824</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;On every restart of tomcat I get such an error printed twice:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.&lt;BR /&gt;java.io.FileNotFoundException: alfresco.log (Permission denied)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:270)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.io.FileOutputStream.&amp;lt;init&amp;gt;(FileOutputStream.java:213)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.io.FileOutputStream.&amp;lt;init&amp;gt;(FileOutputStream.java:133)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:294)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:165)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender.activateOptions(DailyRollingFileAppender.java:223)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:307)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:172)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:104)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:842)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:768)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:648)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:514)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:580)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configure(PropertyConfigurator.java:415)&lt;BR /&gt; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&lt;BR /&gt; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)&lt;BR /&gt; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.alfresco.repo.admin.Log4JHierarchyInit.importLogSettings(Log4JHierarchyInit.java:149)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.alfresco.repo.admin.Log4JHierarchyInit.importLogSettings(Log4JHierarchyInit.java:115)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.alfresco.repo.admin.Log4JHierarchyInit.init(Log4JHierarchyInit.java:102)&lt;BR /&gt; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&lt;BR /&gt; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)&lt;BR /&gt; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeCustomInitMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1869)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1812)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1740)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:576)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:498)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:320)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:318)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:199)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:848)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:865)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:548)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:400)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:291)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:103)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.alfresco.web.app.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:70)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4770)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5236)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:754)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:730)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:624)&lt;BR /&gt; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1834)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)&lt;BR /&gt; at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)&lt;BR /&gt;log4j:ERROR Either File or DatePattern options are not set for appender [File].&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I created /var/log/alfresco,&amp;nbsp;changed log4j.properties in&amp;nbsp;/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties and in shared/classes/alfresco/extension/custom-log4j.properties:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;log4j.appender.File.File=/var/log/alfresco/alfresco.log&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I see alfresco.log created in&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN&gt;/var/log/alfresco/ but there is stil an error in catalina.out&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:58 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>npavlov</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-06-14T14:01:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>error: alfresco.log (Permission denied)</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/error-alfresco-log-permission-denied/m-p/89647#M26824</link>
      <description>On every restart of tomcat I get such an error printed twice:log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.java.io.FileNotFoundException: alfresco.log (Permission denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:270) at java.io.FileOutputSt</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/error-alfresco-log-permission-denied/m-p/89647#M26824</guid>
      <dc:creator>npavlov</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-06-14T14:01:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: error: alfresco.log (Permission denied)</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/error-alfresco-log-permission-denied/m-p/89648#M26825</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I will do the following &lt;STRONG&gt;tip 2&lt;/STRONG&gt;:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.zylk.net/es/web-2-0/blog/-/blogs/simple-tips-about-alfresco-logs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.zylk.net/es/web-2-0/blog/-/blogs/simple-tips-about-alfresco-logs&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Remaining untouched appenders, log4j.properties or custom-log4j.properties, and using /var/log/alfresco instead of $TOMCAT/logs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It is clear that alfresco user need permissions under /var/log/alfresco&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Kind regards.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;--C.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 07:04:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/error-alfresco-log-permission-denied/m-p/89648#M26825</guid>
      <dc:creator>cesarista</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-06-15T07:04:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: error: alfresco.log (Permission denied)</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/error-alfresco-log-permission-denied/m-p/89649#M26826</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. I don't have alfresco.sh in my alf_data or anywhere in the system.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. There is "&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px;"&gt;You can change your log4j.properties for alfresco.war, share.war, or solr4.war&amp;nbsp;applications (and manager and host-manager too) but...&lt;/SPAN&gt;" in that tip. I do this, I can see that logs files, but get errors in catalina.out.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/error-alfresco-log-permission-denied/m-p/89649#M26826</guid>
      <dc:creator>npavlov</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-06-17T09:30:30Z</dc:date>
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