Erlang on EC2 - Filesystem errors?

[Paul Davis]

Hey list,

I've got a bit of a head scratcher. The basic premise is trying to run
Erlang on an EC2 sometimes results in errors like those pasted below.
I've seen this type of error from two different CouchDB users and the
only thing I can figure is that they're both using EC2. Granted lots
of other people use Erlang on EC2 just fine so I haven't the slightest
if that's even related.

The only thing that's confusing me is how the VM even started if it's
unable to read these files. My first thought was that some rogue
backup process was changing file permissions as it did its thing but
both users reported nothing in cron or had knowledge of anything of
that nature running on their system.

I've googled around looking for general filesystem issues on EC2 as
well as things related specifically to Erlang. The only thing that
looked remotely similar was very similar output that some rabbitmq
users have reported. The most interesting of which is this thread [1]
where the last post says that the guy could fix the errors just by
running a 'find | grep sth' which seems odd.

Anyone else experienced this before?

Thank you,
Paul J. Davis

[1] http://www.ejabberd.im/node/3667


{error_logger,{{2009,10,14},{1,42,33}},std_error,"File operation
error: eacces. Target: .. Function: read_file_info. Process:
code_server."}
{error_logger,{{2009,10,14},{1,42,33}},std_error,"File operation
error: eacces. Target: ./user_sup.beam. Function: get_file. Process:
code_server."}
{error_logger,{{2009,10,14},{1,42,33}},std_error,"File operation
error: eacces. Target: ./supervisor_bridge.beam. Function: get_file.
Process: code_server."}
{error_logger,{{2009,10,14},{1,42,33}},std_error,"File operation
error: eacces. Target: ./user.beam. Function: get_file. Process:
code_server."}
{error_logger,{{2009,10,14},{1,42,33}},std_error,"File operation
error: eacces. Target: ./kernel_config.beam. Function: get_file.
Process: code_server."}
{error_logger,{{2009,10,14},{1,42,33}},std_error,"File operation
error: eacces. Target: ./queue.beam. Function: get_file. Process:
code_server."}

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: .. Function: read_file_info.
Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./user_sup.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./supervisor_bridge.beam.
Function: get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./user.beam. Function: get_file.
Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./kernel_config.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./queue.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./error_logger_tty_h.beam.
Function: get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./io_lib.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./io_lib_format.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./io_lib_pretty.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./io.beam. Function: get_file.
Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./c.beam. Function: get_file.
Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./file.beam. Function: get_file.
Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./erl_eval.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./orddict.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./file_io_server.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./erl_posix_msg.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
file:path_eval([".","/home/couchdb"],".erlang"): permission denied

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./couch.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: .. Function: list_dir. Process:
application_controller.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./erl_scan.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.

=ERROR REPORT==== 14-Oct-2009::01:42:33 ===
File operation error: eacces. Target: ./erl_parse.beam. Function:
get_file. Process: code_server.