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Error when grant user permissions in HBase: HTTP 403 Error: Grantee user txw387 doesn't exist

MaraWang — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:25:54 GMT

I want to grant user 'txw387' RWC permissions. There is a hadoop folder 'txw387' under /user.

However, this error occurs:

ERROR: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorException: HTTP 403 Error: Grantee user txw387 doesn't exist
at org.apache.ranger.authorization.hbase.RangerAuthorizationCoprocessor.preGrant(RangerAuthorizationCoprocessor.java:1277)
at org.apache.ranger.authorization.hbase.RangerAuthorizationCoprocessor.preGrant(RangerAuthorizationCoprocessor.java:1110)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterCoprocessorHost$164.call(MasterCoprocessorHost.java:1892)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterCoprocessorHost$164.call(MasterCoprocessorHost.java:1889)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorHost$ObserverOperationWithoutResult.callObserver(CoprocessorHost.java:558)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorHost.execOperation(CoprocessorHost.java:631)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterCoprocessorHost.preGrant(MasterCoprocessorHost.java:1889)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterRpcServices.grant(MasterRpcServices.java:2721)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos$MasterService$2.callBlockingMethod(MasterProtos.java)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcServer.call(RpcServer.java:387)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.CallRunner.run(CallRunner.java:139)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcExecutor$Handler.run(RpcExecutor.java:369)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcExecutor$Handler.run(RpcExecutor.java:349)

For usage try 'help "grant"'

How to solve this problem?

Re: Error when grant user permissions in HBase: HTTP 403 Error: Grantee user txw387 doesn't exist

DianaTorres — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:34:31 GMT

@shubham_sharma @pajoshi @smdas Hi! Do you have any insights here? Thanks!

Re: Error when grant user permissions in HBase: HTTP 403 Error: Grantee user txw387 doesn't exist

shubham_sharma — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:07:28 GMT

Hi @MaraWang

The error indicates you are using ranger to manage the permissions on hbase. Try to open the ranger WebUi and add the permissions for user under hbase policy.

Also, verify if the user 'txw387' exists in your cluster

Ref-

https://docs.cloudera.com/runtime/7.2.18/security-ranger-authorization/topics/security-ranger-resource-policy-configure-hbase.html

Re: Error when grant user permissions in HBase: HTTP 403 Error: Grantee user txw387 doesn't exist

Rajat_710 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:08:28 GMT

Hi @MaraWang it seems like the user itself is not present in ranger, you need to sync the user from your sync source for ranger, and after that, you need to prove RWX access on hdfs path "/user" under ranger -> cm_hdfs repo, either create a new policy for this or add into an existing one.

Re: Error when grant user permissions in HBase: HTTP 403 Error: Grantee user txw387 doesn't exist

cjervis — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:47:12 GMT

@MaraWang

Have you been able to resolve your issue? If so, please mark the appropriate reply as the solution, as it will make it easier for others to find the answer in the future.