Folks: I am encountering an internal exception running solr on an Ubuntu 9.04 box, running tomcat 6. I have deposited the solr nightly bits (as of October 7) into the folder: /usr/share/tomcat6/lib
The exception from the log says: Nov 9, 2009 8:26:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext filterStart SEVERE: Exception starting filter SolrRequestFilter org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission /home/ubuntu/apps/solr/tomcatweb/prod/lib read) at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.<init>(SolrDispatchFilter.java:68) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:255) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:397) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:3800) This is strange because the documentation says that the "lib" folder is optional. (As a point of reference, I don't have a lib folder for my windows installation). In any event, I created an empty "lib' folder and I am still getting this same exception. (I gave the lib folder 777 permission.) <Context docBase="/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/solr-nightly-10-07-2009.war" debug="0" crossContext="true" > <Environment name="solr/home" type="java.lang.String" value="/home/ubuntu/apps/solr/tomcatweb/prod" override="true" /> </Context> Under the folder /home/ubuntu/apps/solr/tomcatweb/prod are all solr folders (conf, data). Can anybody help me here with what looks like a basic configuration error on my part? Thanks, - Bill