Changing the broken links to a symbolic link using an absolute path allowed starting the tomcat6 service.
root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# ls -l total 16 drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 common lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2012-01-11 17:05 conf -> /etc/tomcat6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2012-01-11 18:43 logs -> /var/log/tomcat6 drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 server drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 shared drwxrwxr-x 4 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 webapps lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2012-01-11 18:43 work -> /var/cache/tomcat6 root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# service tomcat6 start * Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat6 [ OK ] root@SBSDT16:/var/lib/tomcat6# ps -elf | grep tomcat 0 S tomcat6 5460 1 70 80 0 - 157654 futex_ 18:45 ? 00:00:25 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/var/lib/tomcat6/conf/logging.properties -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx128m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/share/tomcat6/endorsed -classpath /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/bootstrap.jar -Dcatalina.base=/var/lib/tomcat6 -Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat6 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/tomcat6-tmp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start 0 S root 5524 4481 0 80 0 - 2285 pipe_w 18:46 pts/0 00:00:00 grep tomcat
Changing the broken links to a symbolic link using an absolute path allowed starting the tomcat6 service.
root@SBSDT16: /var/lib/ tomcat6# ls -l /var/lib/ tomcat6# service tomcat6 start /var/lib/ tomcat6# ps -elf | grep tomcat jvm/java- 6-openjdk/ bin/java -Djava. util.logging. config. file=/var/ lib/tomcat6/ conf/logging. properties -Djava. awt.headless= true -Xmx128m -XX:+UseConcMar kSweepGC -Djava. util.logging. manager= org.apache. juli.ClassLoade rLogManager -Djava. endorsed. dirs=/usr/ share/tomcat6/ endorsed -classpath /usr/share/ tomcat6/ bin/bootstrap. jar -Dcatalina. base=/var/ lib/tomcat6 -Dcatalina. home=/usr/ share/tomcat6 -Djava. io.tmpdir= /tmp/tomcat6- tmp org.apache. catalina. startup. Bootstrap start
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 common
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2012-01-11 17:05 conf -> /etc/tomcat6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2012-01-11 18:43 logs -> /var/log/tomcat6
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 server
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 shared
drwxrwxr-x 4 tomcat6 tomcat6 4096 2012-01-11 17:05 webapps
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2012-01-11 18:43 work -> /var/cache/tomcat6
root@SBSDT16:
* Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat6 [ OK ]
root@SBSDT16:
0 S tomcat6 5460 1 70 80 0 - 157654 futex_ 18:45 ? 00:00:25 /usr/lib/
0 S root 5524 4481 0 80 0 - 2285 pipe_w 18:46 pts/0 00:00:00 grep tomcat