tag 445857 patch thanks
The attachment addresses this bug, removing the error message.
--- tomcat5.5-5.5.25.orig/debian/tomcat5.5.init 2008-01-01 20:09:00.000000000 +0100 +++ tomcat5.5-5.5.25/debian/tomcat5.5.init 2008-01-01 18:29:08.000000000 +0100 @@ -146,10 +146,14 @@ # Clean up and set permissions on required files find "$CATALINA_BASE"/temp/ -mindepth 1 -exec rm -fr {} + - chown --dereference "$TOMCAT5_USER" "$CATALINA_BASE/conf" \ - "$CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml" \ - "$CATALINA_BASE/logs" "$CATALINA_BASE/temp" \ - "$CATALINA_BASE/webapps" "$CATALINA_BASE/work" \ + REQUIRED_FILES='"$CATALINA_BASE/conf" + "$CATALINA_BASE/logs" "$CATALINA_BASE/temp" + "$CATALINA_BASE/webapps" "$CATALINA_BASE/work"' + if [ -e "$CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml" ]; then + REQUIRED_FILES=$REQUIRED_FILES' + "$CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml"' + fi + eval chown --dereference "$TOMCAT5_USER" $REQUIRED_FILES \ || true $DAEMON -user "$TOMCAT5_USER" -cp "$JSVC_CLASSPATH" \