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.

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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.
>
>
>

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