[HADOOP-8182] hadoop-setup-single-node.sh from DEB fails with chown permission error on Ubuntu 11.10

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.1
• Component/s: build

Environment

Ubuntu 11.10

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ivan Kuznetsov
• Created: 18/Mar/12 14:43
• Updated: 11/Mar/15 19:56
• Resolved: 11/Mar/15 19:56

Description

Installed Hadoop 1.0.1 from amd64 DEB package.
Executed: sudo /usr/sbin/hadoop-setup-single-node.sh

It invokes /usr/sbin/hadoop-daemon.sh where in line 98

chown $HADOOP_IDENT_STRING $HADOOP_LOG_DIR

attempts to execute 'chown root /var/log/hadoop/root' as user hduser, resulting in

• Starting Apache Hadoop Name Node server hadoop-namenode
  chown: changing ownership of `/var/log/hadoop/root': Operation not permitted

and

• Starting Apache Hadoop Data Node server hadoop-datanode
  chown: changing ownership of `/var/log/hadoop/root': Operation not permitted

As a result, setup fails.