https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/what-is-the-root-password-for-ssh-root-localhost-p-2222-HDP/m-p/135565#M98223 <P><A rel="user" href="https://community.cloudera.com/users/15918/temideeadedayo.html" nodeid="15918">@Adedayo Adekeye</A></P><P>I'd be sure that the file isn't currently open or used anywhere. You mentioned before that you were able to get this file created and run the suggested SSH command, so something may have happened between then and now that's stopping you from making changes to this file.</P> Fri, 03 Mar 2017 09:46:41 GMT orendain 2017-03-03T09:46:41Z