Please try the below steps, this can happen if /tmp mount point is mounted with noexec option... - Create a new directory under any directory(ex /data/tmp) with exec permission and to test provide 777 permissions for newly created dir. - Update the config in zeppelin config as below and restart the zeppelin. CM UI --> Zeppelin --> Config --> "Zeppelin Server Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for zeppelin-conf/zeppelin-env.sh" --> Add export ZEPPELIN_JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.io.tmpdir=<directory name>" example: export ZEPPELIN_JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.io.tmpdir=/data/tmp" - Save changes and restart zeppelin server and verify the login   ... View more