Created on
02-28-2020
06:13 AM
- last edited on
04-21-2026
04:32 AM
by
GrazittiAPI
Dear Community,
After a successful installion of Cloudera Runtime 7.0.3, we tried to do a Kerberization process. (We did the same before with 5.14)
Everything went fine with the Kerberos wizard, but after in the config deployment phase, the YARN NodeManagers failed to start with the following error:
Error starting NodeManager org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnRuntimeException: Failed to initialize container executor at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.NodeManager.serviceInit(NodeManager.java:394) at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.init(AbstractService.java:164) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.NodeManager.initAndStartNodeManager(NodeManager.java:936) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.NodeManager.main(NodeManager.java:1016) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Linux container executor not configured properly (error=-1) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.LinuxContainerExecutor.init(LinuxContainerExecutor.java:307) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.NodeManager.serviceInit(NodeManager.java:392) ... 3 more Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.privileged.PrivilegedOperationException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/var/lib/yarn-ce/bin/container-executor": error=13, Permission denied at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.privileged.PrivilegedOperationExecutor.executePrivilegedOperation(PrivilegedOperationExecutor.java:183) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.privileged.PrivilegedOperationExecutor.executePrivilegedOperation(PrivilegedOperationExecutor.java:206) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.LinuxContainerExecutor.init(LinuxContainerExecutor.java:300) ... 4 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/var/lib/yarn-ce/bin/container-executor": error=13, Permission denied at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048) at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.runCommand(Shell.java:938) at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.run(Shell.java:901) at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell$ShellCommandExecutor.execute(Shell.java:1213) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.privileged.PrivilegedOperationExecutor.executePrivilegedOperation(PrivilegedOperationExecutor.java:152) ... 6 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=13, Permission denied at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method) at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:247) at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:134) at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029) ... 10 more
We tried to search the "answer" on the internet. We found that we should add the yarn user in the hadoop group.
[root@dwh20-i-cdhwt01 ~]# id yarn
uid=485(yarn) gid=984(yarn) groups=984(yarn),988(hadoop)
Nothing happened, the NodeManagers didn't start.
The container-executor script permission:
[root@dwh20-i-cdhwt01 ~]# ll /var/lib/yarn-ce/bin/container-executor
---Sr-s--- 1 root yarn 103968 Nov 19 12:34 /var/lib/yarn-ce/bin/container-executor
(Just for information, we didn't find container-executor config file on the NodeManagers.)
Please somebody help us. 🙂
Thanks.
Regards,
Gabor
Created 02-28-2020 10:43 AM
Hi @Dombai_Gabor ,
One possible cause of this issue is that the volume is mounted with "noexec". Since your permissions and group membership seem correct, it is reasonable to check /etc/fstab to see if "noexec" is set where /var/ mounted.
Ben
Created 02-07-2026 07:52 AM
i have same issue after kerborous enable. But issue not belong to kerborous it is about container-executor can't open : permission denied. Any better solution you have?
Created 02-09-2026 03:00 AM
@Hasib1971, Welcome to Cloudera Community. As this is an older post, you would have a better chance of receiving a resolution by starting a new thread. This will also be an opportunity to provide details specific to your environment that could aid others in assisting you with a more accurate answer to your question. You can link this thread as a reference in your new post.
Regards,
Vidya Sargur,Created 02-13-2026 05:39 PM
Created 02-14-2026 09:45 AM
Hello @Hasib1971,
Are you still facing an issue or that was what solved your error?
If you still have an issue, please open a new thread so we can help you there.