I followed the instruction, but still getting the same error. I've checked directory and it looks good: [hdfs@c6402 ~]$ hadoop fs -ls /user/admin/ Found 4 items drwxrwxrwx - admin hadoop 0 2016-06-28 17:27 /user/admin/.Trash drwxrwxrwx - admin hadoop 0 2016-06-28 14:11 /user/admin/.staging drwxrwxrwx - admin hadoop 0 2016-06-28 14:11 /user/admin/employee_db drwxr-xr-x - admin hadoop 0 2016-06-28 19:56 /user/admin/hive Also, tried switching the group to HDFS but no luck. Any ideas? ... View more