I didn't believe I had modified the directory permissions but I've retested on a clean install and this defect can no longer be present.
I used the latest AMI on EC2 (ami-1515f67c) and then did apt-get update followed by apt-get install tomcat6. The directory permissions are: ubu...@domu-12-31-39-09-bd-47:/var/lib/tomcat6$ ls -l total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2010-01-12 03:27 conf -> /etc/tomcat6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2010-01-12 03:27 logs -> ../../log/tomcat6 drwxrwxr-x 3 root tomcat6 4096 2010-01-12 03:27 webapps lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-01-12 03:27 work -> ../../cache/tomcat6 This appears to be correct. Note that I haven't attempted to load the WAR in question - I'm satisfied this particular bug can be closed. Thank you for your time. -- Tomcat 6: FileNotFoundException for MANIFEST.MF when auto-expanding a WAR https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/505522 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs