yes. it is useful. On Jul 16, 2013 5:40 AM, "Niels Basjes" <ni...@basjes.nl> wrote:
> Hi, > > When giving users access to an Hadoop cluster they need a few XML config > files (like the hadoop-site.xml ). > They put these somewhere on they PC and start running their jobs on the > cluster. > > Now when you're changing the settings you want those users to use (for > example you changed some tcpport) you need them all to update their config > files. > > My question is: Can you set the HADOOP_CONF_DIR to be a URL on a > webserver? > A while ago I tried this and (back then) it didn't work. > > Would this be a useful enhancement? > > -- > Best regards, > > Niels Basjes >