[ACCUMULO-1171] Passing relative directories to bulk import fails w/ unhelpful error message

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Assignee: Keith Turner
• Reporter: Keith Turner
• Created: 11/Mar/13 19:56
• Updated: 11/Mar/13 23:29
• Resolved: 11/Mar/13 21:43

Description

Bulk import does some sanity checks on the client side so that it can fail fast. When a user passes relative directories to bulk import, these sanity checks may pass because cwd+reldir is ok. Then code then passes these relative dirs to the server side which has a different cwd. The relative paths fail in the server side and the user does not get a very useful error message.

There are at least two possible solutions :

• In client code convert relative paths to URIs before passing to server.
• Reject relative paths in client code