Error while starting hadoop

Question

When I try to run hadoop as bin/start-all.sh, I get this error.:

 mkdir: cannot create directory /home/prasanna/Desktop/hadoop/libexec/../logs: Permission denied  

 chown: cannot access /home/prasanna/Desktop/hadoop/libexec/../logs: No such file or directory  

 starting namenode, logging to /home/prasanna/Desktop/hadoop/libexec/../logs/hadoop-prasanna-namenode-prasanna-VirtualBox.out  

 /home/prasanna/Desktop/hadoop/bin/hadoop-daemon.sh: line 135: /home/prasanna/Desktop/hadoop/libexec/../logs/hadoop-prasanna-namenode-prasanna-VirtualBox.out: No such file or directory  

 head: cannot open /home/prasanna/Desktop/hadoop/libexec/../logs/hadoop-prasanna-namenode-prasanna-VirtualBox.out for reading: No such file or directory

What would be the reason and how should I fix this?

PS: I am very new to Linux

I think this answer can solve your problem: http://askubuntu.com/a/263454/65926 — Eric Carvalho, Mar 04 '13 at 12:36
@EricCarvalho: When I try "sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME", it says "chown: cannot access `/home/prasanna/.gvfs': Permission denied" — Prasanna, Mar 04 '13 at 13:56

score -2 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 18 '16 at 17:41

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The user you're using doesn't have root permission to create the folder in Desktop so use the sudo command:

example:

cd hadoop/bin
sudo ./start-all.sh

edited Jan 18 '16 at 17:41

Fabby

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answered Jan 18 '16 at 13:50

Kanagaraj dhanapal

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Error while starting hadoop

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