Michaël Figuière created CASSANDRA-5877:
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Summary: Unclear FileNotFoundException stacktrace when system.log
can't be created
Key: CASSANDRA-5877
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5877
Project: Cassandra
Issue Type: Bug
Environment: Cassandra 2.0rc1
Reporter: Michaël Figuière
Priority: Trivial
When you start Cassandra with default settings without the appropriate
permissions to write in {{/var/log/cassandra}} you end up with the following
stacktrace:
{code}
log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/log/cassandra/system.log (No such file or
directory)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:206)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:127)
at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:294)
at
org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.setFile(RollingFileAppender.java:207)
at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:165)
at
org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:307)
at
org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:172)
at
org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:104)
at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:809)
at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:735)
at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:615)
at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:502)
at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:395)
at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyWatchdog.doOnChange(PropertyConfigurator.java:922)
at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.FileWatchdog.checkAndConfigure(FileWatchdog.java:89)
at org.apache.log4j.helpers.FileWatchdog.<init>(FileWatchdog.java:58)
at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyWatchdog.<init>(PropertyConfigurator.java:914)
at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch(PropertyConfigurator.java:461)
at
org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.initLog4j(CassandraDaemon.java:121)
at
org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.<clinit>(CassandraDaemon.java:69)
{code}
While a stacktrace at startup may not be the most elegant mean of communication
with the user - though at least it's visible - in this situation it doesn't
make it clear that Cassandra couldn't create a file in the specified log
directory.
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