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Does Ranger provide any method to create access Permissions and policy for Linux directories (Edge Node)? Currently we are using Ranger to create policies for HDFS and other hadoop services.

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@hitaay

Ranger only manage HDFS filesystem authorization. For OS Linux directories you need to use - Linux ACL's

Please check https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration...

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@hitaay

Ranger only manage HDFS filesystem authorization. For OS Linux directories you need to use - Linux ACL's

Please check https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration...

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Many Thanks @Sagar Shimpi