I created the directory and granted permissions but now it just hangs . all services are up except knox. [hdfs@ip-172-31-11-180 ~]$ beeline WARNING: Use "yarn jar" to launch YARN applications. Beeline version 1.2.1.2.3.4.0-3485 by Apache Hive beeline> !connect jdbc:hive2://SecondaryMaster:10000 Connecting to jdbc:hive2://SecondaryMaster:10000 Enter username for jdbc:hive2://SecondaryMaster:10000: hadoop Enter password for jdbc:hive2://SecondaryMaster:10000: ****** Connected to: Apache Hive (version 1.2.1.2.3.4.0-3485) Driver: Hive JDBC (version 1.2.1.2.3.4.0-3485) Transaction isolation: TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ 0: jdbc:hive2://SecondaryMaster:10000> INSERT INTO customers (id, firstname, lastname) VALUES (1, 'John', 'Smith'); INFO : Tez session hasn't been created yet. Opening session INFO : Tez session hasn't been created yet. Opening session INFO : Tez session hasn't been created yet. Opening session ... View more

[hdfs@ip-172-31-11-180 ~]$ hdfs dfs -chown -R hadoop /user/hadoop chown: `/user/hadoop': No such file or directory [hdfs@ip-172-31-11-180 ~]$ ... View more

hi Manjee how can I change the permission of a directory that does not exist? ... View more

also shall I put the change that I made in core-site.xml file back ? ... View more

I saw this on web and after the following change the error has also changed . "For me it was solved by changing the address that the service was listening on in /etc/hadoop/conf/core-sitse.xml. Mine was previously listening on "localhost:8020." (127.0.0.1) <configuration> <property> <name>fs.defaultFS</name> <value>hdfs://0.0.0.0:8020</value> </property> && then bounce the service with hadoop " NOW THE ERROR I GET IS : 0: jdbc:hive2://SecondaryMaster:10000> INSERT INTO customers (id, firstname, lastname) VALUES (1, 'John', 'Smith'); INFO : Tez session hasn't been created yet. Opening session ERROR : Failed to execute tez graph. org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied: user=INSERT INTO customers (id, firstname, lastnaALUES (1, 'John', 'Smith');, access=WRITE, inode="/user/INSERT INTO customers (id, firstname, lastname) VALUES (1, 'JohSmith');":hdfs:hdfs:drwxr-xr-x ... View more

but why its accessing /user/hadoop ? I don't even have this directory [hdfs@ip-172-31-11-180 ~]$ hdfs dfs -ls /user Found 11 items -rw-r--r-- 3 hdfs hdfs 124 2016-04-28 17:42 /user/a.log drwx------ - accumulo hdfs 0 2016-04-28 14:57 /user/accumulo drwxrwx--- - ambari-qa hdfs 0 2016-05-04 11:53 /user/ambari-qa -rw-r--r-- 3 hdfs hdfs 124 2016-04-28 17:43 /user/b.log drwxr-xr-x - hcat hdfs 0 2016-04-28 14:57 /user/hcat drwxr-xr-x - hdfs hdfs 0 2016-05-04 12:02 /user/hdfs drwx------ - hive hdfs 0 2016-05-04 15:39 /user/hive drwxrwxr-x - oozie hdfs 0 2016-04-28 14:57 /user/oozie drwxrwxr-x - spark hdfs 0 2016-04-28 14:55 /user/spark [hdfs@ip-172-31-11-180 ~]$ ... View more

from the web dash board it works though so resourcemanager and nodemanagers must be up . wondering why its not working from command prompt , how can I debug ? yarnnodelist.jpg ... View more

hi Ravi the command you gave earlier fixed the issue hdfs dfs -setrep -w 3 / thanks a lot ... View more