Apache Ambari Installation for IBM Power Systems
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Set Up Service User Accounts

Each service requires a service user account. The Ambari Install wizard creates new and preserves any existing service user accounts, and uses these accounts when configuring Hadoop services. Service user account creation applies to service user accounts on the local operating system and to LDAP/AD accounts.

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Defining Service Users and Groups for a HDP 2.x Stack