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

hadoop-setup-single-node.sh from DEB fails with chown permission error on Ubuntu 11.10
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                 Key: HADOOP-8182
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8182
             Project: Hadoop Common
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: build
    Affects Versions: 1.0.1
         Environment: Ubuntu 11.10
            Reporter: Ivan Kuznetsov


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.

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