[CASSANDRA-10525] Hints directory not created on debian packaged install

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0 rc2
• Component/s: Local/Config
• Severity: Normal
• Assignee: Paulo Motta
• Reporter: Paulo Motta

Authors

Paulo Motta

Reviewers

Aleksey Yeschenko

• Created: 14/Oct/15 17:04
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:30
• Resolved: 15/Oct/15 22:15

Description

Reproduction steps:

• Create debian package install with dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
• Install package with sudo dpkg -i ../cassandra_3.0.0~rc1_all.deb
• Start cassandra with sudo service cassandra start

Cassandra does not start with the following message on /var/log/cassandra/system.log:

DEBUG [main] 2015-10-14 09:28:36,083 StartupChecks.java:191 - Checking directory /var/lib/cassandra/data
DEBUG [main] 2015-10-14 09:28:36,087 StartupChecks.java:191 - Checking directory /var/lib/cassandra/commitlog
DEBUG [main] 2015-10-14 09:28:36,087 StartupChecks.java:191 - Checking directory /var/lib/cassandra/saved_caches
DEBUG [main] 2015-10-14 09:28:36,087 StartupChecks.java:191 - Checking directory /hints
WARN  [main] 2015-10-14 09:28:36,088 StartupChecks.java:197 - Directory /hints doesn't exist
ERROR [main] 2015-10-14 09:28:36,088 CassandraDaemon.java:702 - Has no permission to create directory /hints

Issue Links

• links to: 3.0 branch