Created attachment 607886 [details] Screenshot of error dialogue. Description of problem: Unable to add the Fedora version of Tomcat 7 as a server in Eclipse WTP. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [mbooth@sd .settings]$ sudo yum list installed | egrep '(eclipse-wtp|tomcat)' eclipse-wtp-common.noarch 3.4.0-2.20120711cvs.fc17 eclipse-wtp-jeetools.noarch 3.4.0-1.fc17 eclipse-wtp-jpa.noarch 3.4.0-2.fc17 eclipse-wtp-jpa-sdk.noarch 3.4.0-2.fc17 eclipse-wtp-jsf.noarch 3.4.0-2.fc17 eclipse-wtp-jsf-sdk.noarch 3.4.0-2.fc17 eclipse-wtp-jst-web.noarch 3.4.0-1.fc17 eclipse-wtp-servertools.noarch 3.4.0-2.fc17 eclipse-wtp-sourceediting.noarch 3.4.0-1.fc17 eclipse-wtp-webservices.noarch 3.4.0-4.fc17 tomcat.noarch 7.0.29-1.fc17 tomcat-el-2.2-api.noarch 7.0.29-1.fc17 tomcat-jsp-2.2-api.noarch 7.0.29-1.fc17 tomcat-lib.noarch 7.0.29-1.fc17 tomcat-native.x86_64 1.1.23-1.fc17 tomcat-servlet-3.0-api.noarch 7.0.29-1.fc17 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Eclipse, Ctrl+3, "Define a new server" 2. Select Tomcat 7 and enter /usr/share/tomcat for Tomcat install dir. 3. Cannot complete wizard because Eclipse complains that it cannot read the tomcat-users.xml file. Please see attached error message. I understand that tomcat-users.xml is purposefully unreadable, hence filing the bug on this component instead of Tomcat. I wonder if Eclipse really needs the contents of this file or if we can work around it somehow. It seems like a problem specific to Fedora's environment so I will not report it upstream.
I've gotten this working recently I think...and I should have steps to do it somewhere. I'll try to find them soon and see if they're suitable as a solution to this bug (I may have cheated, it was for myself rather than with Fedora packages in mind).
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The problem is still present in F19/Kepler.
I worked around the issue by adding myself to the tomcat group [mbooth@localhost]$ sudo usermod -a -G tomcat mbooth Then Eclipse running as mbooth is able to manage files owned by the tomcat user.
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 23 development cycle. Changing version to '23'. (As we did not run this process for some time, it could affect also pre-Fedora 23 development cycle bugs. We are very sorry. It will help us with cleanup during Fedora 23 End Of Life. Thank you.) More information and reason for this action is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping/Fedora23
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