Confluence can't find home directory?

Question

I am running Confluence on localhost and whenever I try to get it working it takes me to a page the says

Setup: We can't locate your Confluence home directory.

I have already went into the confluence.init.properties file to specify my home directory and still have found no success. Looking for suggestions on what else I can try.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Check that

* The home directory exists
* The home directory is not inside the install directory (and that the install directory is not inside the home directory)
* The home directory and all its contents are owned by the user running Confluence
* The user running Confluence has permissions for RWX across all files in there
* You have got the right path in the properties file (That's my usual mistake, getting the wrong name in there)

Jared_Conn · Answer

Yes, I am also running this on OS X.

Ed Gaile _Atlanta_ GA_ · Answer

Are your installation and home directories separate?  They need to be separate.

i.e.

Installation directory = C:\Atlassian\Confluence

Home Directory = C:\Atlassian\ApplicationData\Confluence