Solution: Under the SBIN folder, start DFS SH add the following (as do the stop and yarn commands)

HDFS_DATANODE_USER=root
HADOOP_SECURE_DN_USER=hdfs
HDFS_NAMENODE_USER=root
HDFS_SECONDARYNAMENODE_USER=root
HDFS_JOURNALNODE_USER=root
HDFS_ZKFC_USER=root