4. Set Up the WebHCat Configuration Files

Clear any old WebHCat configuration files:

 rm -rf $WEBHCAT_CONF_DIR/* 

Copy all the config files to $WEBHCAT_CONF_DIR and set appropriate permissions:

chown -R $WEBHCAT_USER:$HADOOP_GROUP $WEBHCAT_CONF_DIR
chmod -R 755 $WEBHCAT_CONF_DIR