Access hadoop/hdfs over Tramp. This program uses rest api/webhdfs to access hadoop server. Configuration: Add the following lines to your .emacs: (add-to-list 'load-path "<>") (require 'tramp-hdfs);;; Code: Usage: open /hdfs:root@node-1:/tmp/ in Emacs where root is the user that you want to use node-1 is the name of the hadoop server