[HADOOP-5665] Namenode could not be formatted because the "whoami" program could not be run.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.19.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.1

Environment

OS: SunOS_sparc, version 5.10.
Hardware: SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Evelyn Sylvia
• Created: 14/Apr/09 06:00
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:43
• Resolved: 14/Apr/09 06:48

Description

ERROR namenode.NameNode: java.io.IOException: javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: Login failed: Cannot run program "whoami": error=2, No such file or directory
at org.apache.hadoop.security.UnixUserGroupInformation.login(UnixUserGroupInformation.java:250)