Hi to All,
Please check the configuration below for Tomacat5 on RHEL-5. When i start the tomcat services , error appears related to lock file.
how to fix this error.

Any help will be appreciated.

[root@mail02 ~]# rpm -qa |grep tomcat
tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.17-8jpp.2
tomcat5-webapps-5.5.17-8jpp.2
tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.17-8jpp.2
tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.17-8jpp.2
tomcat5-5.5.17-8jpp.2
tomcat5-jasper-5.5.17-8jpp.2
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.17-8jpp.2
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.17-8jpp.2

[root@mail02 ~]# service tomcat5 start
Starting tomcat5: lock file found but no process running for pid 29830, continuing
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/share/tomcat5
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat5
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat5/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr/java/default/jre
[ OK ]
[root@mail02 ~]#

[root@mail02 ~]# sed '/#/ d' /etc/tomcat5/tomcat5.conf

JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/default"




CATALINA_HOME="/usr/share/tomcat5"
JASPER_HOME="/usr/share/tomcat5"
CATALINA_TMPDIR="/usr/share/tomcat5/temp"
JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS="/usr/share/tomcat5/common/endorsed"

TOMCAT_USER="regalmail"


SHUTDOWN_WAIT=30

CATALINA_PID=/var/run/tomcat5.pid

CONNECTOR_PORT=8009


[root@mail02 ~]#

This is not an error but rather a waning that tomcat found a lock file most likely due to an unclear previous shutdown of tomcat.
To check if tomcat has started, run:
Regards