Set hadoop system user for client embedded in Java webapp
Finally I stumbled on the constant static final String HADOOP_USER_NAME = “HADOOP_USER_NAME”;` in the UserGroupInformation class. Setting this either as an environment variable, as a Java system property on startup (using -D) or programmatically with System.setProperty(“HADOOP_USER_NAME”, “hduser”); makes Hadoop use whatever username you want for connecting to the remote Hadoop cluster.