did not set any variable on the session,   this is what i have in bash_profile,    # .bash_profile # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment and startup programs export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:$HADOOP_HOME/bin export CLASSPATH=/usr/lib/hadoop/client-0.20/\*:/usr/lib/hadoop/\* export AVRO_CLASSPATH=/usr/lib/avro alias lart="ls -lart" set -o vi ... View more