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[Gonfi den Tschal <gonfidentschal@xxxxxxxxx>]

so i've updated all 13 config files (proxy-server.conf and the 12 1-4.conf)
to have <your-user-name> as 'swift'. then i run remakerings as root as i
was told, and that changes all 13 config files. wherever it said 'swift' it
now is 'root', also in the places where 'swift' was hardcoded. then running
startmain fails:
Error trying to load config from /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf: root
Error trying to load config from /etc/swift/container-server/1.conf: root
...

what could be wrong?




On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Gonfi den Tschal
<gonfidentschal@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> thanks, made some progress.
> this user had the same problem
> https://answers.launchpad.net/swift/+question/201810 i've now apt-get
> removed swift, and then installed all from git. that worked.
> except there are 2 failing unit tests, something about differences in
> expected http return codes.
>
> after this all my config files are now confused with the user. wherever i
> had set 'swift' as the user, it's now overwritten to 'myuser'. even in
> those places where the manual had 'swift' hardcoded, not
> '<your-user-name>'. so i still don't know if <your-user-name> is supposed
> to be my non-root with-login user, or my no-login user named swift.
> i'm now trying to change all files to have 'swift' in there in all places.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 6:47 PM, nithish B <bestofnithish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>     You have to be root to get the user part right.
>> i.e. myuser@mymachine:~$sudo su
>> myuser@mymachine:~#cd bin
>> myuser@mymachine:~/bin$remakerings
>>
>> And as for the second one, try,
>> $sudo apt-get update
>> $sudo apt-get install python-swiftclient
>>
>> If it doesn't work, download the package from
>> mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/main/p/python-swiftclient/python-swiftclient_1.2.0-0ubuntu2_all.deb
>> and install it using dpkg manager.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nitish B.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Gonfi den Tschal <
>> gonfidentschal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> i'm having some difficulties following the tutorial at
>>> http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/development_saio.html
>>>
>>> 1) the user:
>>> i don't understand how it's meant, i guessed:
>>>  - root for the commands
>>>  - <your-user-name> should be "swift", a user account without login
>>> privileges, created as:
>>>    useradd -s /usr/sbin/nologin swift
>>>  - some standard user with login where the ~/bin stuff goes
>>> because the text says "Swift processes also run under a separate user
>>> and group" (separate, so not the same as my user).
>>> "which may not exist on your system" confusing also, does it mean it
>>> does not need to be created? or that it probably does not exist yet, and i
>>> should create it?
>>> i've used the standard user to run the commands with sudo. but then i
>>> got stuck with setting up scripts when running them as my login user (not
>>> swift user), i got:
>>> myuser@mymachine:~/bin$ remakerings
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "/usr/bin/swift-ring-builder", line 676, in <module>
>>>     mkdir(backup_dir)
>>> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'backups'
>>> Ring Builder file does not exist: object.builder
>>> ...
>>>
>>> so: should the swift user be a standard user, and also run the scripts?
>>>
>>> 2) i don't want to get a dev version of the code, so i've followed the
>>> install instructions from
>>> http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/howto_installmultinode.html
>>> installing swift worked, but not python-swiftclient:
>>> myuser@mymachine:~/bin$ sudo apt-get install python-swiftclient
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> E: Unable to locate package python-swiftclient
>>>
>>> 3) i'm setting up a vm to be used for development, but i'll also clone
>>> it to use it for the early stage of the running live app. is there a better
>>> tutorial somewhere?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> gonfi
>>>
>>>
>>>
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