This error occurs because of hdfs is not able to locate keytab to run the command with permission. Note: In the hadoop/hdfs file system webui you will be able enter to the path and see its permission and you will be able to open each file system paths by clicking in the webUI. if try to modify/delete it will give error with your webui login permission (write) If you are using kerberos authentication. follow below steps to run hdfs commands in any namenode.  1. Copy the hdfs.keytab        cd /run/cloudera-scm-agent/process         ls -ltr to identify the latest dir for xxxxxxxxx-hdfs-NAMEBNODE         cd xxxxxxxxx-hdfs-NAMEBNODE         cp hdfs.keytab /  (any dir)   2. Once copies run the kinit -kt command         kinit -kt /hdfs.keytab hdfs/masterserver.domain.com@DOMAIN.COM          klist 3. Run the hdfs command       hdfs dfs -ls / ... View more

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Hello @stale , Have you already fix this issue? I am facing the same problem with same version 7.6.5 on kerberized cluster ... View more