problem starting tomcat

[Chris-Huisman]

Hello,
I am having a problem starting tomcat4 on Redhat 7.2.
When I try to run tomcat, I get the following error:
/usr/bin/tomcat4 run
Using CATALINA_BASE: /var/tomcat4
Using CATALINA_HOME: /var/tomcat4
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /var/tomcat4/temp
Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0/
Bootstrap: Class loader creation threw exception
java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:117)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:82)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory.validateJarFile(ClassLoaderFactory.java:319)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory.createClassLoader(ClassLoaderFactory.java:242)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:137)

Thanks in advance.
chris.

[Tim Holloway]

Interesting. I think someone else posted a similar trace recently.
However, the easiest way to start Tomcat on RedHat is to install the RPM, then use the "/sbin/service tomcat4 start" command to start the server. Alternatively the "/var/tomcat4/bin/tomcat start" could be used.