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  1. CDH (READ-ONLY)
  2. DISTRO-70

The hadoop package installer should not fail if if the user hdfs exists already

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          • Type: Bug
          • Status: Closed
          • Priority: Trivial
          • Resolution: Duplicate
          • Affects Version/s: CDH3u0
          • Fix Version/s: None
          • Component/s: Packaging
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          • Environment:
            Ubuntu 10.10

            Description

            I followed the instruction on https://wiki.cloudera.com/display/DOC/Installing+CDH3+on+a+Single+Linux+Node+in+Pseudo-distributed+Mode and installed hadoop-0.20-conf-pseudo, hue.

            After few days of experimenting/running hadoop, I wanted to do a fresh reinstall.

            I first removed all the hadoop related packages, configuration files using the Synaptic Package Manager.

            During the reinstall, the script failed because the user hdfs already exists.
            The work around was simple: I had to manually delete the user:

            $ sudo userdel hdfs

            It would be nice to detect this during installation.

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                Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. DISTRO-51 hadoop installation fails on debian if `hdfs' user already exists

                • Major - Major loss of function.
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                      Reporter:
                      andyao Andrew Yao
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