Hi,
  I am running a job with a different user than the one Hadoop is installed
with, and getting the following error. Please help resolve it. This is
actually an YARN job that I am trying to run.

2012-12-06 09:29:13,997 INFO  Client (Client.java:prepareJarResource(293))
- Copy App Master jar from local filesystem and add to local environment
2012-12-06 09:29:14,476 FATAL Client (Client.java:main(148)) - Error
running CLient
org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied:
user=root, access=WRITE, inode="/":kbonagir:supergroup:drwxr-xr-x
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:205)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:186)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:135)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkPermission(FSNamesystem.java:4203)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkAncestorAccess(FSNamesystem.java:4174)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.startFileInternal(FSNamesystem.java:1574)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.startFile(FSNamesystem.java:1509)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.create(NameNodeRpcServer.java:410)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.create(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:200)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java:42590)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:427)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:916)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:1692)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:1688)
        at
java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:284)
        at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:573)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1232)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:1686)

        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native
Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:56)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:527)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.instantiateException(RemoteException.java:90)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.unwrapRemoteException(RemoteException.java:57)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream.<init>(DFSOutputStream.java:1250)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream.newStreamForCreate(DFSOutputStream.java:1266)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.create(DFSClient.java:1090)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.create(DFSClient.java:1048)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.create(DistributedFileSystem.java:232)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.create(DistributedFileSystem.java:75)
        at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.create(FileSystem.java:804)
        at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.create(FileSystem.java:785)
        at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.create(FileSystem.java:684)
        at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil.copy(FileUtil.java:259)
        at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil.copy(FileUtil.java:232)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.copyFromLocalFile(FileSystem.java:1817)
        at Client.prepareJarResource(Client.java:299)
        at Client.launchAndMonitorAM(Client.java:509)
        at Client.main(Client.java:146)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:208)
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission
denied: user=root, access=WRITE, inode="/":kbonagir:supergroup:drwxr-xr-x
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:205)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:186)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:135)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkPermission(FSNamesystem.java:4203)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkAncestorAccess(FSNamesystem.java:4174)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.startFileInternal(FSNamesystem.java:1574)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.startFile(FSNamesystem.java:1509)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.create(NameNodeRpcServer.java:410)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.create(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:200)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java:42590)
        at
org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:427)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:916)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:1692)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:16

You are attempting a job submit operation as user "root" over HDFS and
MR. Running a job involves placing the requisite files on HDFS, so MR
can leverage its distributed presence to run task work.

The files are usually placed under a user's HDFS home directory, which
is of the form /user/[NAME]. By default, HDFS has no notions of a user
existing in it (Imagine a linux user account with no home-dir yet). So
you'll first have to provision the user with a home directory he can
own for himself, as the HDFS administrator:

Create and grant ownership to the user root, his own homedir:

sudo -u hdfs hadoop fs -mkdir -p /user/root/
sudo -u hdfs hadoop fs -chown root:root /user/root

Once this is done, you can try to resubmit the job and the
AccessControlException should be resolved.

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Krishna Kishore Bonagiri
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>   I am running a job with a different user than the one Hadoop is installed
> with, and getting the following error. Please help resolve it. This is
> actually an YARN job that I am trying to run.
>
> 2012-12-06 09:29:13,997 INFO  Client (Client.java:prepareJarResource(293)) -
> Copy App Master jar from local filesystem and add to local environment
> 2012-12-06 09:29:14,476 FATAL Client (Client.java:main(148)) - Error running
> CLient
> org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied:
> user=root, access=WRITE, inode="/":kbonagir:supergroup:drwxr-xr-x
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:205)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.check(FSPermissionChecker.java:186)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:135)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkPermission(FSNamesystem.java:4203)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkAncestorAccess(FSNamesystem.java:4174)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.startFileInternal(FSNamesystem.java:1574)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.startFile(FSNamesystem.java:1509)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.create(NameNodeRpcServer.java:410)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.create(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:200)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java:42590)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:427)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:916)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:1692)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:1688)
>         at
> java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:284)
>         at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:573)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1232)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:1686)
>
>         at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native
> Method)
>         at
> sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:56)
>         at
> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
>         at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:527)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.instantiateException(RemoteException.java:90)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.unwrapRemoteException(RemoteException.java:57)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream.<init>(DFSOutputStream.java:1250)
>         at

Harsh J