[Php-java-bridge-users] php/Java bridge works from apache - permission error from tomcat

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Hi:

System: Mac Pro
OS: 10.5.2

I copied test.php from /opt/local/share/java/tomcat5/webapps/ 
JavaBridge to ~/Sites/JavaBridge/test.php for this example:

http://localhost/~kent/JavaBridge/test.php

Works great.

http://localhost:8080/JavaBridge/test.php

Displays a blank page and the following error in catalina.err:

> May 3, 2008 10:27:20 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext  
> log
> INFO: /var/root: Permission denied


Permissions on /var/root (root's login directory) were: 750, I needed  
to allow everyone execute permissions to /var/root:

$ sudo chmod 751 /var/root

to have this error go away - the test.php and the PHP/Java Bridge  
examples page now display. What is tomcat and JavaBridge doing that  
needs access to /var/root ?

Here is how I installed the php/Java bridge:

I installed tomcat and php via port:

sudo port install php5 +fastcgi fcgi	# php-cgi needed for Java/PHP  
bridge
sudo port install tomcat5		# Appache TomCat needed for Java/PHP bridge

I downloaded php-java-bridge_5-1.2.2_j2ee.zip from sf.net, unziped it  
and placed the JavaBridge.war file into /opt/local/share/java/tomcat5/ 
webapps/. I copied test.php and java/Java.inc to the ~/Sites/ 
JavaBridge directory. Then updated the php_exec to point to port's php- 
cgi:

$ unzip php-java-bridge_5-1.2.2_j2ee.zip
$ cd php-java-bridge_5-1.2.2_j2ee
$ cp JavaBridge.war /opt/local/share/java/tomcat5/webapps/
$ cp /opt/local/share/java/tomcat5/webapps/JavaBridge/java/Java.inc ~/ 
Sites/JavaBridge/java/Java.inc
$ cp /opt/local/share/java/tomcat5/webapps/JavaBridge/test.php ~/Sites/ 
JavaBridge/test.php

I edited /opt/local/share/java/tomcat5/webapps/JavaBridge/WEB-INF/ 
web.xml and added support for my Macport installed php:

   <init-param>
     <param-name>php_exec</param-name>
     <param-value>/opt/local/bin/php-cgi</param-value>
   </init-param>

Everything seems to be running, I would just like to remove the  
everyone execute permissions.

I did look for a php/Java Bridge Macintosh 10.5 HOWTO and didn't see  
on using google or the sf.net mail list archive search. I still need  
to install this on my laptop development system. Is there a repository  
for system specific installs (I did look in http://php-java-bridge.sourceforge.net/pjb/installation.php 
  and no Macintosh examples there)?

If there isn't one now, I can create one. Where should I send it?

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Kent Behrends
BEHR Consulting