Both cassandra and nodetool are running as root. also ulimit -a core file size (blocks, -c) 0 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited scheduling priority (-e) 0 file size (blocks, -f) unlimited pending signals (-i) 59450 max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited open files (-n) 65536 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200 real-time priority (-r) 0 stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes (-u) 10240 virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited file locks (-x) unlimited
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Hannu Kröger <hkro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Are you running nodetool or cassandra as root? I think it doesn't really > matter what user is running the nodetool. Those directories should be > writable by the user who is running the actual cassandra process. > > Hannu > > > 2013/12/3 John Pyeatt <john.pye...@singlewire.com> > >> Then my issue must be the 0.000001% because >> >> 1) I'm running the repair as root. >> 2) The directory exists and the permissions are appropriate. root:root 755 >> 3) The three times it occurred during the repair it always complained >> about backups directories. But there are dozens other backups directories >> that were created during the repair that caused no exceptions. >> >> >> The biggest issue with this is that is shuts down gossip. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 2:59 PM, John Pyeatt >>> <john.pye...@singlewire.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unable to create directory >>>> /data-1/cassandra/data/SinglewireSupport/Binaries/backups >>>> >>> >>> This is an exception directly from a core java method. The cause is >>> 99.99999% likely to be permissions. >>> >>> =Rob >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> John Pyeatt >> Singlewire Software, LLC >> www.singlewire.com >> ------------------ >> 608.661.1184 >> john.pye...@singlewire.com >> > > -- John Pyeatt Singlewire Software, LLC www.singlewire.com ------------------ 608.661.1184 john.pye...@singlewire.com
