Zimbra on Mac OS X 10.5.7 - Problems after Java Update

[andreas_auwaerter]

Hello! After the last "improvements" from apple - i think it may be a cause for some zimbra problems i have now on my mashine. Zimbra says: "Unable to find a $JAVA_HOME at "/opt/zimbra/java", continuing with system-provided Java..." every restart! I am sure it came with the last java update! Any suggestions?

Regards and thanx from the students in Coblence - Germany
And thanx in advance for your help!

[andreas_auwaerter]

Would like to request again! When there is just the variable to set! Where it has to be changed from where to where?

[skenkin]

We are also experienced this issue.

However it is not major you can just remake the link.

[andreas_auwaerter]

Thanx! Remaking the ln -s. I guess!

[addihetja]

Link what to where? Can you elaborate on how you fix this?

[iggy]

In 6.0:
mail:~ zimbra$ ls -la java
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4 Jun 9 19:10 java -> /usr

so, just 'ln -s /usr /opt/zimbra/java' and you should be all set.

[addihetja]

In 6.0? I'm running 5.0.16

I tried doing this anyway and it doesn't seem to be working:
mail:~ zimbra$ ls -al | grep java
lrwxr-xr-x 1 zimbra zimbra 4 Jun 9 18:37 java -> /usr
mail:~ zimbra$ ln -s /usr /opt/zimbra/java
ln: /opt/zimbra/java/usr: Permission denied
mail:~ zimbra$ exit
exit
mail:~ root# cd /opt/zimbra/
mail:zimbra root# ln -s /usr /opt/zimbra/java
mail:zimbra root# ls -al | grep java
lrwxr-xr-x 1 zimbra zimbra 4 Jun 9 18:37 java -> /usr
mail:usr root# su zimbra
mail:usr zimbra$ zmcontrol -v
Unable to find a $JAVA_HOME at "/opt/zimbra/java", continuing with system-provided Java...
Unable to find a $JAVA_HOME at "/opt/zimbra/java", continuing with system-provided Java...


Release 5.0.16_GA_2921.MACOSXx86_10.5, Zimbra, Inc.
MACOSXx86_10.5 NETWORK edition

mail:usr zimbra$

[iggy]

I should have clarified. This is apparently what we do in 6.0 to prevent the problem. The workaround should be valid for 5.0.x. Hmm, maybe there is something different in 10.5.

mail:~ root# su - zimbra
mail:~ zimbra$ ls -la java
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4 Jun 9 19:10 java -> /usr
mail:~ zimbra$ ls -la /opt/zimbra/java/bin/java
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 77 Jun 25 13:57 /opt/zimbra/java/bin/java -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Commands/java
mail:~ zimbra$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/opt/zimbra/java
mail:~ zimbra$ which java
/opt/zimbra/java/bin/java

[M.Geski]

I am having the same java issue on my setup. Any resolution?

I am running
Release 5.0.11_GA_2695.MACOSXx86_10.5, Zimbra, Inc.
MACOSXx86_10.5 NETWORK edition

Here is the output when listing java:
ampmail01:~ zimbra$ ls -la java
lrwxr-xr-x 1 zimbra zimbra 4 Jun 29 01:15 java -> /usr
ampmail01:~ zimbra$ ls -la /opt/zimbra/java/bin/java
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 74 Aug 22 23:41 /opt/zimbra/java/bin/java -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java
ampmail01:~ zimbra$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/opt/zimbra/java
ampmail01:~ zimbra$ which java
/opt/zimbra/java/bin/java

*(notice owner/group is different then what Iggy posted from 6.0. Is this supposed to be different between systems?)

I have tried to make the link as zimbra and get a 'Permission Denied' returned. If done as root returns a prompt, but on checking zimbra it still returns:
Unable to find a $JAVA_HOME at "/opt/zimbra/java", continuing with system-provided Java...
Unable to find a $JAVA_HOME at "/opt/zimbra/java", continuing with system-provided Java...

I would like to upgrade to 5.0.18, but want to make sure everything is working correctly before proceeding.

Thanks

[brian]

6.0 and 5.0.19 include the following fix.

rm /opt/zimbra/java ; ln -s /Library/Java/Home /opt/zimbra/java