https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Spark-History-Server-fails-to-start-with-new-installation/m-p/312927#M225328 <P>I modified the permission to 777 for /user</P><P>After which I am able to install Spark and able to install history server.</P><P>sudo -u hdfs hadoop fs -chmod 777 /user</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:50:01 GMT PrernaU 2021-03-12T09:50:01Z