Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-issues-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-issues-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 036EA178E6 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:03:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24497 invoked by uid 500); 24 Oct 2014 16:03:34 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-issues-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 24443 invoked by uid 500); 24 Oct 2014 16:03:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact hdfs-issues-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 24431 invoked by uid 99); 24 Oct 2014 16:03:34 -0000 Received: from arcas.apache.org (HELO arcas.apache.org) (140.211.11.28) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:03:34 +0000 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:03:34 +0000 (UTC) From: "Stephen Chu (JIRA)" To: hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [jira] [Updated] (HDFS-6741) Improve permission denied message when FSPermissionChecker#checkOwner fails MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6741?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Stephen Chu updated HDFS-6741: ------------------------------ Priority: Trivial (was: Minor) Target Version/s: 3.0.0, 2.7.0 (was: 3.0.0, 2.6.0) Labels: supportability (was: ) > Improve permission denied message when FSPermissionChecker#checkOwner fails > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-6741 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6741 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 3.0.0, 2.5.0 > Reporter: Stephen Chu > Assignee: Stephen Chu > Priority: Trivial > Labels: supportability > Attachments: HDFS-6741.1.patch > > > Currently, FSPermissionChecker#checkOwner throws an AccessControlException with a simple "Permission denied" message. > When users try to set an ACL without ownership permissions, they'll see something like: > {code} > [schu@hdfs-vanilla-1 hadoop]$ hdfs dfs -setfacl -m user:schu:--- /tmp > setfacl: Permission denied > {code} > It'd be helpful if the message had an explanation why the permission was denied to avoid confusion for users who aren't familiar with permissions. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)