log4j outputs a log message twice in tomcat in JWS 3

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Issue

  • When I enabled log4j following JWS installation guide 1, log4j outputs a log message twice.

$JWS_HOME/extras/log4j.properties

log4j.rootLogger=info, R 
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender 
log4j.appender.R.File=${catalina.home}/logs/tomcat.log 
log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=10MB 
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=10 
log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout 
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n 
log4j.logger.org.apache.catalina=INFO, R
log4j.logger.org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost]=INFO, R
log4j.logger.org.apache.catalina.core=INFO, R
log4j.logger.org.apache.catalina.session=INFO, R

  1. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_JBoss_Web_Server/3/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#proc-Configuring_log4j-Linux-ZIP ↩︎

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server (JWS) 3.0.1

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