I have installed Hadoop-0.20.2 on my machine (Windows). I tried setting up clustering of nodes, with a master and a slave. But I am unable to connect the machines. There is a password authentication error.
How can this be addressed? If it is possible, please provide me a suitable link for setting up multiple clusters in Hadoop.

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For a multi-node Windows Cluster, the Hortonworks website has an installation document here:
These are the instructions for a single node cluster on Windows Server 2012 (HDP 2.0 for Windows): http://hortonworks.com/blog/install-hadoop-windows-hortonworks-data-platform-2-0/
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CJBSCJBSpassword authentication error means, Is it the firewall, AD etc. Specify the windows version and your network details.
I followed this link http://hayesdavis.net/2008/06/14/running-hadoop-on-windows/ to set up the Hadoop on our windows server.