[CASSANDRA-4058] Debian package does not create /var/lib/cassandra/data

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: Packaging

Environment

Ubuntu 11.10

• Severity: Normal
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jacob Fenwick
• Created: 16/Mar/12 17:33
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 16/Mar/12 19:58

Description

I installed Cassandra using the Debian packages as described here: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging

When trying to start Cassandra using /etc/init.d/cassandra start I get this error: java.io.IOError: java.io.IOException: unable to mkdirs /var/lib/cassandra/data

The directory /var/lib/cassandra exists, but the directory /var/lib/cassandra/data does not.

I would assume the data directory should have been created with the correct permissions, but it was not.

However, I tried creating /var/lib/cassandra/data and setting it the permissions to 666 and setting the user/group to cassandra/cassandra, and now I get this error:
java.lang.AssertionError: Directory /var/lib/cassandra/data is not accessible.

So what could possibly be the problem here?