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Thejas M Nair updated HCATALOG-588: ----------------------------------- Attachment: HCATALOG-588.1.patch > Webhcat server wouldn't start as it is unable to write templeton.log > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HCATALOG-588 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HCATALOG-588 > Project: HCatalog > Issue Type: Bug > Components: webhcat-svr > Reporter: Thejas M Nair > Assignee: Thejas M Nair > Fix For: 0.5 > > Attachments: HCATALOG-588.1.patch > > > When I run the command > sudo su hcat -c "/usr/lib/hcatalog/sbin/webhcat_server.sh start" > from a directory where hcat user doesn't have permission to write it fails to > start throwing the following error in the logfile: > log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed. > java.io.FileNotFoundException: ./templeton.log (Permission denied) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:192) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:116) > at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:290) > at > org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:164) > at > org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender.activateOptions(DailyRollingFileAppender.java:216) > at > org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:257) > ............ > The templeton.log should have been written to the directory specified by > $WEBHCAT_LOG_DIR > The problem lies in the script webhcat_server.sh, it sets webhcat.log.dir. > {code} > export HADOOP_OPTS="-Dwebhcat.log.dir=$WEBHCAT_LOG_DIR > -Dlog4j.configuration=$WEBHCAT_LOG4J" > {code} > But the default log4j configuration is using templeton.log.dir -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira