tez_version="0.9.1.7.1.3.0-100" export HADOOP_USER_NAME=hdfs hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /user/tez/$tez_version hdfs dfs -chown tez:hadoop /user/tez/$tez_version hdfs dfs -chmod 0755 /user/tez/$tez_version hdfs dfs -put /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH/lib/tez/tez.tar.gz /user/tez/$tez_version/tez.tar.gz hdfs dfs -chown tez:hadoop /user/tez/$tez_version/tez.tar.gz hdfs dfs -chmod 0644 /user/tez/$tez_version/tez.tar.gz These are the commands I ended up using.  ... View more