Bug#418828: /var/lib/tomcat5.5 doesn't belong to tomcat-user after installation

[Armin Fuerst]

> Servlets should get the temp dir location from the servlet context if they 
> need to write temporary files. Trying to create files in the current dir is 
> very broken AFAICT, so I don't see that this is a Tomcat bug. Closing.

This is a good argument, but why make my life as sysadmin more difficult
than necessary? It's not my fault it any servlet wants to write into
this location?
If changing the permission is a security issue, I agree, but at least
until now I don't see a disadvantage.

Armin