https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/HDFS-NameNode-won-t-leave-safemode/m-p/195775#M157831 <P>Thank you for the fast answer! I added the property to my Kerberos settings in Ambari, but the problem still exists. Also my <STRONG>/var/log/hadoop-hdfs</STRONG> directory on the NameNode host exists, but it is empty!</P> Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:14:38 GMT dmueller1607 2017-11-16T16:14:38Z