[BUG] Debian packages show "chown: warning: '.' should be ':': 'opensearch.opensearch'" during install

[mrosenstihl]

Describe the bug

The Debian package shows a warning during installation:

Running OpenSearch Post-Installation Script
chown: warning: '.' should be ':': 'opensearch.opensearch'
chown: warning: '.' should be ':': 'opensearch.adm'
chown: warning: '.' should be ':': 'opensearch.opensearch'
chown: warning: '.' should be ':': 'opensearch.opensearch'

Related component

Build

To Reproduce

1. Enable OpenSearch repository (https://artifacts.opensearch.org/releases/bundle/opensearch/2.x/apt stable main)
2. Install Debian package: apt-get install opensearch
3. Warning message is shown, but the rights of the folders are OK

Expected behavior

There should be no warning messages, the chown command should use chown -R opensearch:openserach instead.

Additional Details

Plugins
None

Host/Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Debian Bookworm
• opensearch version 2.13.0

[gaiksaya]

Hi @peterzhuamazon ,

Can you please take a look at this when you get time?

Thanks!

[peterzhuamazon]

It is just a warning but we can definitely change "." to ":".

Will take look.

Thanks.

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PRs:

• Update . to : for all chown coomands in deb/rpm build templates #4641