Thanks for the response, Joe. in the non-working setup, kafka user had all the permissions for its own directories and log files. I ran normal tests via the command line, as user "kafka" and all worked.
I think my question is: is there any non-AF_INET socket communication between kafka clients and servers ? something like shared memory, or (god forbid) same files access !? On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Joe Stein <joe.st...@stealth.ly> wrote: > Off the top of my head sounds like directory permission/ownership issue > for data. > On Jun 15, 2014 5:05 AM, "Max Kovgan" <m...@fortscale.com> wrote: > > > hi. > > as subj. states, I'm trying to use kafka-0.8.1.1 with samza (0.7). > > Initially the work started as a dev. user, e.g. "devuser", and kafka > > would run as that user, "and it's been good". > > > > Then, during the deployment attempt, we're trying to run kafka under a > > different user, "kafka". > > After having that set up, for some reason we get "no leader" problem. > > That is the topics are "leaderless". > > > > This is consistent either using the lib from java OR the command line > > tools. > > Our zookeeper comes from cloudera's hadoop (CDH4 and 5 behave the same > > way). > > > > But alas, when run as devuser the problem does not happen, so I don't > > think the problem is zookeeper's version and we did not enable any > > zookeeper authentication mechanisms. > > > > I thought the communication with both kafka and zookeeper is done via > > a tcp socket, so as long as the connections occur, and corresponding > > services can work, there should not be any relation between the > > username of either consumer, producer or the service. > > > > > > Maybe I'm missing something fundamental, but: Is it supposed to behave > > like that? > > > > I can provide more "solid" info (like command excerpts, logs, etc. upon > > request) > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Max. > > > -- [image: cid:image010.png@01CE6B4D.2087AF20] [image: cid:image011.png@01CE6B4D.2087AF20] *MAXIM KOVGAN* DevOps Engineer *www.fortscale.com* <http://www.fortscale.com/> US. 1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019 | Tel: 1 (212) 519-9889 ISRAEL. 22A Raoul Wallenberg St., Tel Aviv 6971918 | Tel: 972 (3) 600-6078
