Hi all, I have been setting up to install Ambari on Ubuntu 16, is it compatible with Ambari yet? Thanks. ... View more

Hi, Could anyone please advise as to how exactly I could use ACLs to limit user views in the file view section? As mentioned above, I can limit a user view to the files view, but need to make it so that a user is only able to access certain folders and not all of them. Thanks. ... View more

@jss Many thanks for this, I have managed to enable ACLs by altering 'Custom hdfs-site.xml' via linux cmd and then in Ambari itself, but I can't wuite see how this enables me to hide certain folders in the files view in Ambari; the directories in Ambari do not match those that I can see in Linux, could you please advise how exactly to control access to the Ambari files view using the ACLs? The 'BLOCKING ACCESS TO A SUB-TREE FOR A SPECIFIC USER' section seems to be what I need, but I'm having trouble in locating the Ambari directories from Linux. Thanks again. EDIT: I am now able to access the ambari file structure via Linux, I just need to be able to set ACLs on the relevant folders for certain users ... View more