[CentOS] gconfd problem : cannot create /usr/share/tomcat5/.gconfd

Fri Jan 22 10:10:30 UTC 2010
Dirk H. Schulz <dirk.schulz at kinzesberg.de>

Hi folks,

after several updates and a reboot I get errors concerning gconfd 
wanting to create a directory "/usr/share/tomcat5/.gconfd" which fails 
and other errors - when I start Tomcat5.

Why is gconfd (suddenly) needed/activated if Tomcat5 is started? Can I 
disable that - and how?

Dirk