If re-building of Hadoop is an option then I guess you can replace 'groups' command in Shell.java (src/core/org/apache/hadoop/util/Shell.java) with 'id -rgn' to get the correct group name.
-- Faisal On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Brock Palen <bro...@mlds-networks.com>wrote: > Ran into an issue with running hadoop on a cluster that also has AFS > installed. When a user ssh's in they get an 'extra' group id, I think it > is called a 'pag', > > Problem is when you try to start hadoop from a shell that has a pag, one of > the checks in newer versions stops because there is no group name to go with > the gid, > > as an example from the 'groups' command: > > [bro...@nyx-login1 ~]$ groups > cacstaff vasp stata charmm amber8 siesta eecs587f06 nolimit gti hyades > adina chemkinpro coe molpro aces2 helios mcnp5 matlab id: cannot find name > for group ID 1093742985 > 1093742985 > > > If you ssh to the machine its self using ssh keys, the pag is not created, > which our current work around, but is kinda kludgy, > > If you need more information let me know. > > > Brock Palen > bro...@mlds-networks.com > www.mlds-networks.com > MLDS Owner Senior Tech. > > >