Hadoop Windows Cygwin error tmp folder file permissions

Error

java.io.IOException: Failed to set permissions of path: file:/tmp/hadoop-jj/mapred/staging/jj-1931875024/.staging to 0700

The details for my Hadoop were 0.20.203

Solution

This is known issue in 203 version , just download the previous stable version from hadoop website

OR

Download the latest stable version from Cloudera website , incase you are using that flavour

Details

Also you can read the details for possible causes for the above error at below link

http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Problem-debugging-MapReduce-job-under-Windows-td2913135.html

You can also develop using eclipse in Windows.