Bug ID 1571657: Tomcat permissions denied failure in catalina log when writing to liveupdate.log file

Last Modified: Jun 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6

Opened: Mar 25, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Error seen in /usr/share/tomcat/logs/liveupdate.log file due to <root> permissions instead of <tomcat>, can be seen in GUI, when click on "Last Check for Updates Details" drop down list under System ›› Software Management : Live Update

Impact

Live Update errors are not logged.

Conditions

Occurs during Live Update.

Workaround

Run the following commands: chown tomcat:tomcat /var/log/tomcat/liveupdate.log bigstart restart tomcat

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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