I also get this warning on HDP 2.3.2 - It is only a warning and I'd be interested to know what the impact is. It seems strange that the "ranger" user doesn't have access to the "/var/lib/ranger" folder...especially as there are .bash_profile files in here, suggesting it's some kind of home folder [root@sandbox ranger]# id ranger uid=1008(ranger) gid=503(hadoop) groups=503(hadoop),487(ranger) [root@sandbox ranger]# ls -dl /var/lib/ranger drwx------ 2 kms kms 4096 2015-10-27 12:56 /var/lib/ranger [root@sandbox ranger]# ls -la . total 20 drwx------ 2 kms kms 4096 2015-10-27 12:56 . drwxr-xr-x. 39 root root 4096 2016-02-28 14:38 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 kms kms 18 2015-09-22 16:40 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 kms kms 176 2015-09-22 16:40 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 kms kms 124 2015-09-22 16:40 .bashrc [root@sandbox ranger]# getent passwd ranger ranger:x:1008:503:Ranger:/var/lib/ranger:/bin/bash [root@sandbox ranger]# Should I make the 'ranger' user part of the kms group? I would still have to make the /var/lib/ranger folder group readable (at least). ... View more