diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 74aa6a47f2..3fb3739bc9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,16 @@ Release 2.1.0-alpha - Unreleased
 
     YARN-12. Fix findbugs warnings in FairScheduler. (Junping Du via acmurthy) 
 
+Release 0.23.3 - Unreleased 
+
+  INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
+
+  NEW FEATURES
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+
+  BUG FIXES
+
+    YARN-14. Symlinks to peer distributed cache files no longer work 
+    (Jason Lowe via bobby) 
+
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/Container.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/Container.java
index e5ba3f2993..af0f92ee6f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/Container.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/Container.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.container;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public interface Container extends EventHandler<ContainerEvent> {
 
   Credentials getCredentials();
 
-  Map<Path,String> getLocalizedResources();
+  Map<Path,List<String>> getLocalizedResources();
 
   ContainerStatus cloneAndGetContainerStatus();
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/ContainerImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/ContainerImpl.java
index 1cbdbaa814..c980208085 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/ContainerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/ContainerImpl.java
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ public class ContainerImpl implements Container {
 
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(Container.class);
   private final RecordFactory recordFactory = RecordFactoryProvider.getRecordFactory(null);
-  private final Map<LocalResourceRequest,String> pendingResources =
-    new HashMap<LocalResourceRequest,String>();
-  private final Map<Path,String> localizedResources =
-    new HashMap<Path,String>();
+  private final Map<LocalResourceRequest,List<String>> pendingResources =
+    new HashMap<LocalResourceRequest,List<String>>();
+  private final Map<Path,List<String>> localizedResources =
+    new HashMap<Path,List<String>>();
   private final List<LocalResourceRequest> publicRsrcs =
     new ArrayList<LocalResourceRequest>();
   private final List<LocalResourceRequest> privateRsrcs =
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ public String getUser() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Map<Path,String> getLocalizedResources() {
+  public Map<Path,List<String>> getLocalizedResources() {
     this.readLock.lock();
     try {
     assert ContainerState.LOCALIZED == getContainerState(); // TODO: FIXME!!
@@ -496,20 +496,25 @@ public ContainerState transition(ContainerImpl container,
         try {
           for (Map.Entry<String,LocalResource> rsrc : cntrRsrc.entrySet()) {
             try {
-            LocalResourceRequest req =
-              new LocalResourceRequest(rsrc.getValue());
-            container.pendingResources.put(req, rsrc.getKey());
-            switch (rsrc.getValue().getVisibility()) {
-            case PUBLIC:
-              container.publicRsrcs.add(req);
-              break;
-            case PRIVATE:
-              container.privateRsrcs.add(req);
-              break;
-            case APPLICATION:
-              container.appRsrcs.add(req);
-              break;
-            }
+              LocalResourceRequest req =
+                  new LocalResourceRequest(rsrc.getValue());
+              List<String> links = container.pendingResources.get(req);
+              if (links == null) {
+                links = new ArrayList<String>();
+                container.pendingResources.put(req, links);
+              }
+              links.add(rsrc.getKey());
+              switch (rsrc.getValue().getVisibility()) {
+              case PUBLIC:
+                container.publicRsrcs.add(req);
+                break;
+              case PRIVATE:
+                container.privateRsrcs.add(req);
+                break;
+              case APPLICATION:
+                container.appRsrcs.add(req);
+                break;
+              }
             } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
               LOG.info("Got exception parsing " + rsrc.getKey()
                   + " and value " + rsrc.getValue());
@@ -560,15 +565,16 @@ static class LocalizedTransition implements
     public ContainerState transition(ContainerImpl container,
         ContainerEvent event) {
       ContainerResourceLocalizedEvent rsrcEvent = (ContainerResourceLocalizedEvent) event;
-      String sym = container.pendingResources.remove(rsrcEvent.getResource());
-      if (null == sym) {
+      List<String> syms =
+          container.pendingResources.remove(rsrcEvent.getResource());
+      if (null == syms) {
         LOG.warn("Localized unknown resource " + rsrcEvent.getResource() +
                  " for container " + container.getContainerID());
         assert false;
         // fail container?
         return ContainerState.LOCALIZING;
       }
-      container.localizedResources.put(rsrcEvent.getLocation(), sym);
+      container.localizedResources.put(rsrcEvent.getLocation(), syms);
       if (!container.pendingResources.isEmpty()) {
         return ContainerState.LOCALIZING;
       }
@@ -728,15 +734,16 @@ static class LocalizedResourceDuringKillTransition implements
     @Override
     public void transition(ContainerImpl container, ContainerEvent event) {
       ContainerResourceLocalizedEvent rsrcEvent = (ContainerResourceLocalizedEvent) event;
-      String sym = container.pendingResources.remove(rsrcEvent.getResource());
-      if (null == sym) {
+      List<String> syms =
+          container.pendingResources.remove(rsrcEvent.getResource());
+      if (null == syms) {
         LOG.warn("Localized unknown resource " + rsrcEvent.getResource() +
                  " for container " + container.getContainerID());
         assert false;
         // fail container?
         return;
       }
-      container.localizedResources.put(rsrcEvent.getLocation(), sym);
+      container.localizedResources.put(rsrcEvent.getLocation(), syms);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/ContainerLaunch.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/ContainerLaunch.java
index 821d4a042b..b06788341f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/ContainerLaunch.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/ContainerLaunch.java
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ public ContainerLaunch(Configuration configuration, Dispatcher dispatcher,
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // dispatcher not typed
   public Integer call() {
     final ContainerLaunchContext launchContext = container.getLaunchContext();
-    final Map<Path,String> localResources = container.getLocalizedResources();
+    final Map<Path,List<String>> localResources =
+        container.getLocalizedResources();
     ContainerId containerID = container.getContainerID();
     String containerIdStr = ConverterUtils.toString(containerID);
     final String user = launchContext.getUser();
@@ -533,7 +534,7 @@ public void sanitizeEnv(Map<String, String> environment,
   }
     
   static void writeLaunchEnv(OutputStream out,
-      Map<String,String> environment, Map<Path,String> resources,
+      Map<String,String> environment, Map<Path,List<String>> resources,
       List<String> command)
       throws IOException {
     ShellScriptBuilder sb = new ShellScriptBuilder();
@@ -543,8 +544,10 @@ static void writeLaunchEnv(OutputStream out,
       }
     }
     if (resources != null) {
-      for (Map.Entry<Path,String> link : resources.entrySet()) {
-        sb.symlink(link.getKey(), link.getValue());
+      for (Map.Entry<Path,List<String>> entry : resources.entrySet()) {
+        for (String linkName : entry.getValue()) {
+          sb.symlink(entry.getKey(), linkName);
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/TestContainer.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/TestContainer.java
index bc6ec196e1..cb7c19dc2f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/TestContainer.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/container/TestContainer.java
@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleEntry;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -111,11 +114,12 @@ public void testLocalizationLaunch() throws Exception {
       wc = new WrappedContainer(8, 314159265358979L, 4344, "yak");
       assertEquals(ContainerState.NEW, wc.c.getContainerState());
       wc.initContainer();
-      Map<Path, String> localPaths = wc.localizeResources();
+      Map<Path, List<String>> localPaths = wc.localizeResources();
 
       // all resources should be localized
       assertEquals(ContainerState.LOCALIZED, wc.c.getContainerState());
-      for (Entry<Path,String> loc : wc.c.getLocalizedResources().entrySet()) {
+      for (Entry<Path, List<String>> loc : wc.c.getLocalizedResources()
+          .entrySet()) {
         assertEquals(localPaths.remove(loc.getKey()), loc.getValue());
       }
       assertTrue(localPaths.isEmpty());
@@ -578,10 +582,12 @@ public void initContainer() {
 
     // Localize resources 
     // Skip some resources so as to consider them failed
-    public Map<Path, String> doLocalizeResources(boolean checkLocalizingState,
-        int skipRsrcCount) throws URISyntaxException {
+    public Map<Path, List<String>> doLocalizeResources(
+        boolean checkLocalizingState, int skipRsrcCount)
+        throws URISyntaxException {
       Path cache = new Path("file:///cache");
-      Map<Path, String> localPaths = new HashMap<Path, String>();
+      Map<Path, List<String>> localPaths =
+          new HashMap<Path, List<String>>();
       int counter = 0;
       for (Entry<String, LocalResource> rsrc : localResources.entrySet()) {
         if (counter++ < skipRsrcCount) {
@@ -592,7 +598,7 @@ public Map<Path, String> doLocalizeResources(boolean checkLocalizingState,
         }
         LocalResourceRequest req = new LocalResourceRequest(rsrc.getValue());
         Path p = new Path(cache, rsrc.getKey());
-        localPaths.put(p, rsrc.getKey());
+        localPaths.put(p, Arrays.asList(rsrc.getKey()));
         // rsrc copied to p
         c.handle(new ContainerResourceLocalizedEvent(c.getContainerID(), 
                  req, p));
@@ -602,7 +608,8 @@ public Map<Path, String> doLocalizeResources(boolean checkLocalizingState,
     }
     
     
-    public Map<Path, String> localizeResources() throws URISyntaxException {
+    public Map<Path, List<String>> localizeResources()
+        throws URISyntaxException {
       return doLocalizeResources(true, 0);
     }
     
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/TestContainerLaunch.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/TestContainerLaunch.java
index bdd77f8a20..822835dc3d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/TestContainerLaunch.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/TestContainerLaunch.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -95,9 +96,10 @@ public void testSpecialCharSymlinks() throws IOException  {
       writer.println(timeoutCommand);
       writer.close();
 
-      Map<Path, String> resources = new HashMap<Path, String>();
+      Map<Path, List<String>> resources =
+          new HashMap<Path, List<String>>();
       Path path = new Path(shellFile.getAbsolutePath());
-      resources.put(path, badSymlink);
+      resources.put(path, Arrays.asList(badSymlink));
 
       FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/MockContainer.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/MockContainer.java
index 1b2e0653d0..519ff18348 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/MockContainer.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/MockContainer.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.webapp;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ public class MockContainer implements Container {
   private ContainerState state;
   private String user;
   private ContainerLaunchContext launchContext;
-  private final Map<Path, String> resource = new HashMap<Path, String>();
+  private final Map<Path, List<String>> resource =
+      new HashMap<Path, List<String>>();
   private RecordFactory recordFactory;
 
   public MockContainer(ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptId,
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ public Credentials getCredentials() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Map<Path, String> getLocalizedResources() {
+  public Map<Path, List<String>> getLocalizedResources() {
     return resource;
   }