https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Hadoop-backup-with-distcp-org-apache-hadoop-security/m-p/303963#M221807 <P>Hej,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>We have a script for data backup to a remote Hadoop cluster using distcp. Both clusters are secured with Kerberos, and both clusters are version 2.6.4. The backup fails with error:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied: user=XXXXXX, access=EXECUTE, inode="/databank/.snapshot/databank_201904250000":hdfs:hdfs:d---------</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>There is a policy in Ranger that gives read and execute permissions in the HDFS for user XXXXX.&nbsp; I can list the contents of the HDFS using:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>hdfs dfs -ls</P> <P>after doing kinit to the user XXXXX.&nbsp;</P> <P>I am completely at loss why the user XXXXX get an execute access denied.</P> <P>Please advice,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:18:07 GMT pazufst 2020-10-06T21:18:07Z