diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/syslogSetup.sh b/oam/install_scripts/syslogSetup.sh
index c1d758396..84980eef8 100755
--- a/oam/install_scripts/syslogSetup.sh
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/syslogSetup.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ prefix=/usr/local
 installdir=$prefix/mariadb/columnstore
 syslog_conf=nofile
 rsyslog7=0
-non-root-user="no"
+non_root_user=no
 
 user=`whoami 2>/dev/null`
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
 		user="`echo $arg | awk -F= '{print $2}'`"
 		groupname=$user
 		username=$user
-		non-root-user="yes"
+		non_root_user=yes
 	elif [ `expr -- "$arg" : '--..*'` -ge 3 ]; then
 		echo "ignoring unknown argument: $arg" 1>&2
 	elif [ `expr -- "$arg" : '--'` -eq 2 ]; then
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ makeDir() {
 	test -d /var/log/mariadb/columnstore/archive || mkdir /var/log/mariadb/columnstore/archive >/dev/null 2>&1
 	test -d /var/log/mariadb/columnstore/corefiles || mkdir /var/log/mariadb/columnstore/corefiles >/dev/null 2>&1
 	test -d /var/log/mariadb/columnstore/trace || mkdir /var/log/mariadb/columnstore/trace >/dev/null 2>&1
-	if [ $non-root-user == "yes" ]; then
+	if [ $non_root_user == "yes" ]; then
 		chmod 777 /var/log/mariadb/columnstore
 	fi
 	chown $username:$groupname -R /var/log/mariadb