The problem isn't /tmp/hadoop-root. The problem is likely /tmp not being world writable.
On 10/13/09 4:40 PM, "David Greer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Following the suggestion: > > [da...@tweety java]$ hadoop fs -ls /tmp > Found 1 items > drwxr-xr-x - root supergroup 0 2009-10-06 15:15 /tmp/hadoop-root > [da...@tweety java]$ hadoop fs -touchz /tmp/foobar.txt > touchz: org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission > denied: user=david, access=WRITE, inode="tmp":root:supergroup:rwxr-xr-x > > We seem to be on the right track. Before I change permissions on > /tmp/hadoop-root any idea why it didn't get built with the right permissions > in the first place? I've let hadoop build all of its directories for HDFS. I > assume that adding write access for groups should solve the problem. > > Thanks, > > David > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Allen Wittenauer > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> >> On 10/13/09 4:19 PM, "David Greer" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> user=david, access=WRITE, inode="tmp":root:supergroup:rwxr-xr-x >>> >>> The error message includes "root". I wonder if this is a clue? I'm out of >>> ideas. >> >> >> Check /tmp in hdfs. >> >>
