Merge remote branch 'origin/pr/1422/head' into merge_1422
diff --git a/install/python-installer/scripts/hdfs_cmds.py b/install/python-installer/scripts/hdfs_cmds.py
index 12d342c..df39d94 100755
--- a/install/python-installer/scripts/hdfs_cmds.py
+++ b/install/python-installer/scripts/hdfs_cmds.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     traf_user = dbcfgs['traf_user']
     hdfs_user = dbcfgs['hdfs_user']
     hbase_user = dbcfgs['hbase_user']
-    hbase_group = cmd_output('%s groups %s | cut -d" " -f3' % (hdfs_bin, hbase_user))
+    hbase_group = run_cmd_as_user(hdfs_user, '%s groups %s | cut -d" " -f3' % (hdfs_bin, hbase_user))
 
     run_cmd_as_user(hdfs_user, '%s dfsadmin -safemode wait' % hdfs_bin)
     run_cmd_as_user(hdfs_user, '%s dfs -mkdir -p %s/{trafodion_backups,bulkload,lobs} /hbase/archive' % (hdfs_bin, traf_loc))