https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137627#M39809 <P>From hdfs user:</P><P>hadoop fs -chown root:root /user/root</P><P>and then please run the hive shell again from root user.</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:00:54 GMT jyadav 2016-09-06T18:00:54Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137626#M39808 <P>[root@Manager ~]# hive WARNING: Use "yarn jar" to launch YARN applications. Logging initialized using configuration in file:/etc/hive/2.3.0.0-2557/0/hive-log4j.properties Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied: user=root, access=WRITE, inode="/user/root":hdfs:hdfs:drwxr-xr-x at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:319) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:292) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:213) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:190) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:1698) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:1682) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkAncestorAccess(FSDirectory.java:1665) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirMkdirOp.mkdirs(FSDirMkdirOp.java:71) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirs(FSNamesystem.java:3895) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.mkdirs(NameNodeRpcServer.java:983) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:622) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:616) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:969) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2081) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2077) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415) at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1657) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2075) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:535) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:677) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:621) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136) Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied: user=root, access=WRITE, inode="/user/root":hdfs:hdfs:drwxr-xr-x at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:319) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:292) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:213) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:190) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:1698) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:1682) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkAncestorAccess(FSDirectory.java:1665) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirMkdirOp.mkdirs(FSDirMkdirOp.java:71) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirs(FSNamesystem.java:3895) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.mkdirs(NameNodeRpcServer.java:983) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:622) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:616) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:969) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2081) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2077) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415) at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1657) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2075) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.instantiateException(RemoteException.java:106) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.unwrapRemoteException(RemoteException.java:73) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.primitiveMkdir(DFSClient.java:3010) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.mkdirs(DFSClient.java:2978) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem$21.doCall(DistributedFileSystem.java:1047) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem$21.doCall(DistributedFileSystem.java:1043) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystemLinkResolver.resolve(FileSystemLinkResolver.java:81) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.mkdirsInternal(DistributedFileSystem.java:1043) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.mkdirs(DistributedFileSystem.java:1036) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.mkdirs(FileSystem.java:1877) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.tez.DagUtils.getDefaultDestDir(DagUtils.java:781) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.tez.DagUtils.getHiveJarDirectory(DagUtils.java:875) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.tez.TezSessionState.createJarLocalResource(TezSessionState.java:327) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.tez.TezSessionState.open(TezSessionState.java:151) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.tez.TezSessionState.open(TezSessionState.java:116) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:532) ... 8 more Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException): Permission denied: user=root, access=WRITE, inode="/user/root":hdfs:hdfs:drwxr-xr-x at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:319) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:292) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:213) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:190) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:1698) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:1682) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkAncestorAccess(FSDirectory.java:1665) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirMkdirOp.mkdirs(FSDirMkdirOp.java:71) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirs(FSNamesystem.java:3895) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.mkdirs(NameNodeRpcServer.java:983) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:622) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:616) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:969) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2081) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2077) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415) at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1657) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2075) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1427) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1358) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Invoker.invoke(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:229) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy11.mkdirs(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java:558) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invokeMethod(RetryInvocationHandler.java:187) at org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invoke(RetryInvocationHandler.java:102) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy12.mkdirs(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.primitiveMkdir(DFSClient.java:3008) ... 21 more</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 17:58:38 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137626#M39808 chahrimourad 2016-09-06T17:58:38Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137627#M39809 <P>From hdfs user:</P><P>hadoop fs -chown root:root /user/root</P><P>and then please run the hive shell again from root user.</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:00:54 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137627#M39809 jyadav 2016-09-06T18:00:54Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137628#M39810 <P>chown: `/usr/root': No such file or directory</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:07:54 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137628#M39810 chahrimourad 2016-09-06T18:07:54Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137629#M39811 <P>Direcotry name should be "/user/root" not "/usr/root"</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:08:48 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137629#M39811 jyadav 2016-09-06T18:08:48Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137630#M39812 <P>chown: `/user/root': No such file or directory</P><P>the same problem</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:16:15 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137630#M39812 chahrimourad 2016-09-06T18:16:15Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137631#M39813 <P>can you please try to run these two hadoop commands from hdfs user?.</P><P>hadoop fs -mkdir /user/root</P><P>hadoop fs -chown /user/root</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:23:54 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137631#M39813 jyadav 2016-09-06T18:23:54Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137632#M39814 <P>hdfs@Manager ~]$ hadoop fs -mkdir /user/root [hdfs@Manager ~]$ hadoop fs -chown /user/root -chown: Not enough arguments: expected 2 but got 1 Usage: hadoop fs [generic options] -chown [-R] [OWNER][:[GROUP]] PATH...</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:26:40 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137632#M39814 chahrimourad 2016-09-06T18:26:40Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137633#M39815 <P>sorry my bad. </P><P>hadoop fs -chown root:root /user/root</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:33:23 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137633#M39815 jyadav 2016-09-06T18:33:23Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137634#M39816 <P>please accept the answer if issue got resolve or let us know if you are still facing same issue.</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:35:40 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137634#M39816 jyadav 2016-09-06T19:35:40Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137635#M39817 <P>its work thank you</P> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:36:22 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137635#M39817 chahrimourad 2016-09-06T19:36:22Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137636#M39818 <P>try this it works </P><P>sudo -su hive </P><P>and after run your hive commande </P> Fri, 03 Nov 2017 21:44:38 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137636#M39818 ibrahima-diatta 2017-11-03T21:44:38Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137637#M39819 <P>this worked for me</P><P>[root@master Downloads]# sudo -su hdfs<BR />[hdfs@master Downloads]$ hadoop fs -mkdir /user/root<BR />[hdfs@master Downloads]$ hadoop fs -chown root:root /user/root</P> Mon, 04 Jun 2018 21:04:04 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/failed-to-start-hive-from-root/m-p/137637#M39819 Rafael 2018-06-04T21:04:04Z