cassandra.in.sh is old skool 0.6 series, 0.7 series uses cassandra-env.sh. The packages put it in /etc/cassandra. This works for me at the end of cassandra-env.sh
JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dpasswd.properties=/etc/cassandra/passwd.properties" JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Daccess.properties=/etc/cassandra/access.properties" btw at a minimum you should upgrade from 0.7.2 to 0.7.6-2 see https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-0.7.6-2/NEWS.txt#L61 Hope that helps. ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 1 Jul 2011, at 02:20, Earl Barnes wrote: > Hi, > > I am encountering an error while trying to set up simple authentication in a > test environment. > > BACKGROUND > Cassandra Version: ReleaseVersion: 0.7.2-0ubuntu4~lucid1 > OS Level: Linux cassandra1 2.6.32-32-server #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 > 22:07:43 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux > 2 node cluster > Properties file exist in the following directory: > > > /etc/cassandra/access.properties > > /etc/cassandra/passwd.properties > The authenticator element in the /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml file is set to: > authenticator: org.apache.cassandra.auth.SimpleAuthenticator > The authority element in the /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml file is set to: > authority: org.apache.cassandra.auth.SimpleAuthority > > The cassandra.in.sh file located in /usr/share/cassandra has been updated to > show the location of the properties files in the following manner: > > # Location of access.properties and passwd.properties > JVM_OPTS=" > -Dpasswd.properties=/etc/cassandra/passwd.properties > -Daccess.properties=/etc/cassandra/access.properties" > > Also, the destination of the configuration directory: > CASSANDRA_CONF=/etc/cassandra > > ERROR > After setting DEBUG mode, I get the following error message in the system.log: > > INFO [main] 2011-06-30 10:12:01,365 AbstractCassandraDaemon.java (line 249) > Cassandra shutting down... > INFO [main] 2011-06-30 10:12:01,366 CassandraDaemon.java (line 159) Stop > listening to thrift clients > INFO [main] 2011-06-30 10:13:14,186 AbstractCassandraDaemon.java (line 77) > Logging initialized > INFO [main] 2011-06-30 10:13:14,196 AbstractCassandraDaemon.java (line 97) > Heap size: 510263296/511311872 > WARN [main] 2011-06-30 10:13:14,227 CLibrary.java (line 93) Obsolete version > of JNA present; unable to read errno. Upgrade to JNA 3.2.7 or later > WARN [main] 2011-06-30 10:13:14,227 CLibrary.java (line 93) Obsolete version > of JNA present; unable to read errno. Upgrade to JNA 3.2.7 or later > WARN [main] 2011-06-30 10:13:14,228 CLibrary.java (line 125) Unknown > mlockall error 0 > INFO [main] 2011-06-30 10:13:14,234 DatabaseDescriptor.java (line 121) > Loading settings from file:/etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml > INFO [main] 2011-06-30 10:13:14,337 DatabaseDescriptor.java (line 181) > DiskAccessMode 'auto' determined to be mmap, indexAccessMode is mmap > ERROR [main] 2011-06-30 10:13:14,342 DatabaseDescriptor.java (line 405) Fatal > configuration error > org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: When using > org.apache.cassandra.auth.SimpleAuthenticator passwd.properties properties > must be defined. > at > org.apache.cassandra.auth.SimpleAuthenticator.validateConfiguration(SimpleAuthenticator.java:148) > at > org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:200) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.setup(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:100) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.init(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:217) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) > at > org.apache.commons.daemon.support.DaemonLoader.load(DaemonLoader.java:160) > Data from the output.log: > > INFO 10:12:01,365 Cassandra shutting down... > INFO 10:12:01,366 Stop listening to thrift clients > INFO 10:13:14,186 Logging initialized > INFO 10:13:14,196 Heap size: 510263296/511311872 > WARN 10:13:14,227 Obsolete version of JNA present; unable to read errno. > Upgrade to JNA 3.2.7 or later > WARN 10:13:14,227 Obsolete version of JNA present; unable to read errno. > Upgrade to JNA 3.2.7 or later > WARN 10:13:14,228 Unknown mlockall error 0 > INFO 10:13:14,234 Loading settings from file:/etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml > INFO 10:13:14,337 DiskAccessMode 'auto' determined to be mmap, > indexAccessMode is mmap > ERROR 10:13:14,342 Fatal configuration error > org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: When using > org.apache.cassandra.auth.SimpleAuthenticator passwd.properties properties > must be defined. > at > org.apache.cassandra.auth.SimpleAuthenticator.validateConfiguration(SimpleAuthenticator.java:148) > at > org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:200) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.setup(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:100) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.init(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:217) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) > at > org.apache.commons.daemon.support.DaemonLoader.load(DaemonLoader.java:160) > When using org.apache.cassandra.auth.SimpleAuthenticator passwd.properties > properties must be defined. > Fatal configuration error; unable to start server. See log for stacktrace. > Service exit with a return value of 1 > > Any help appreciated...Thanks in advance
