If that doesn't work, try running as the HDFS superuser sudo -u hdfs hdfs dfsadmin -safemode leave sudo -u hdfs hdfs dfs -mkdir /user/admin sudo -u hdfs hdfs dfs -chown root:hdfs /user/admin ... View more

Hi Smanjee, I think you missed the right link here: "This is well documented here so no reason for me to regurgitate that." ... View more