Thank you Timo, I should have thought through. We have done this for oozie, so definitely an avenue to explore. Will let you know.
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Timo Walther <twal...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Vishal, > > shouldn't it be possible to configure a proxy user via core-site.xml? > Flink is also using this XML for HDFS. > > You can also set the configuration files manually, see > https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs- > release-1.3/setup/config.html#hdfs > > Regards, > Timo > > > Am 11/21/17 um 3:05 PM schrieb Vishal Santoshi: > > Hello folks, > > I need to write to hdfs as a proxy user ( I am running TM /JM as > root but hive on our setup is under this proxy user and thus the permissions > issue ) . I think that this is possible in Hadoop MR and I am sure this is a > common request. > > Thanks > > Vishal > > >