What changes are required to be made to ant classpath to enable non root users build java applications?

Question

We had a build setup with only a root user on CentOS. Ant command was running fine until we created some users. Now these users are not able to run ant command. Users see following error message

axis:
  [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource axis-tasks.properties. It could not be found.

BUILD FAILED

/home/akshay/code_17sp1/vobs/company/ipnpm_src/Pwg/build.xml:100: Problem: failed to create task or type axis-wsdl2java
    Cause: The name is undefined.
    Action: Check the spelling.
    Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared.
    Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place.

And build.xml:100

<axis-wsdl2java url="${company-pwg.base}/src/NpViewService.wsdl"
            output="${axis.output}">

I figure it has something to do with classpath OR permissions.

EDIT:

Classpaths:

export MSPSDK=8.10.0.3
export SONA_WSDL_VERSION=12.5.0.1
export TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp
export RELEASE=$HOME/Release
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/current
export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH

for root $HOME = /root for user akshay $HOME = /home/akshay

yes it seems like a classpath issue. You need `axis-ant.jar` in ur classpath to use that task. Can u plz post your full CLASSPATH - for root and for another user? — Pat, Jul 31 '14 at 10:58
@Pat Edited the question to add CLASSPATH. Can u plz verify that these are correct? — tryingToLearn, Jul 31 '14 at 11:45
these are just your environment vars. where is ur classpath? Or you meant that all these paths are `ADDED` to your `CLASSPATH` variable? Also, verify whether ur user has access to `axis-ant.jar` file. — Pat, Jul 31 '14 at 13:16
@Pat 1. The $CLASSPATH variable is not set for root or any other user. The output for "echo $CLASSPATH" is empty. 2. User has read permissions to access axis-ant.jar — tryingToLearn, Aug 01 '14 at 05:14
@Pat What should be the values of $CLASSPATH variable for root and other users? — tryingToLearn, Aug 01 '14 at 05:17
ur classpath may be set from ant's build.xml. check the values in classpath and check the link that Mark has mentioned in his answer below. This is most certainly a classpath issue. You need to analyze ur classpath entries more carefully. — Pat, Aug 01 '14 at 07:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

The axis ANT task jar and dependencies are missing from the classpath. I'm guessing that the root user has some extra jars located it's home directory?

/root/.ant/lib

For a generic solution that works for all users checkout the following answer:

ant command showing error while execution : resource axis-tasks.properties could not be found

It uses the Apache ivy plugin to manage dependencies.

What changes are required to be made to ant classpath to enable non root users build java applications?

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