diff -u tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/changelog tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/changelog
--- tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/changelog
+++ tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+tomcat6 (6.0.18-0ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/tomcat6.postinst:
+    - Make /var/lib/tomcat6/temp writeable by the tomcat6 user (LP: #287126)
+    - Make /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps writeable by tomcat6 group (LP: #287447)
+  * debian/tomcat6.init: make status return nonzero if tomcat6 is not running
+
+ -- Thierry Carrez <thierry.carrez@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:02:07 +0200
+
 tomcat6 (6.0.18-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * debian/rules: call dh_installinit with --error-handler so that install
diff -u tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/tomcat6.postinst tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/tomcat6.postinst
--- tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/tomcat6.postinst
+++ tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/tomcat6.postinst
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 	chmod 750 /var/log/tomcat6 /var/cache/tomcat6
 	chgrp tomcat6 /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml
 	chmod 640 /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml
+	chown tomcat6 /var/lib/tomcat6/temp
+	chgrp tomcat6 /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps
+	chmod 775 /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps
     ;;
 esac
 
diff -u tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/tomcat6.init tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/tomcat6.init
--- tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/tomcat6.init
+++ tomcat6-6.0.18/debian/tomcat6.init
@@ -184,8 +184,10 @@
 
 		if [ -f "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
 		    log_success_msg "$DESC is not running, but pid file exists."
+			exit 1
 		else
 		    log_success_msg "$DESC is not running."
+			exit 3
 		fi
 	else
 		log_success_msg "$DESC is running with pid `cat $CATALINA_PID`"