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Thejas M Nair updated HCATALOG-588:
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Attachment: HCATALOG-588.1.patch
> Webhcat server wouldn't start as it is unable to write templeton.log
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> 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
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