[HADOOP-1386] The constructor of Path should not take an empty string as a parameter

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.3
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Assignee: Hairong Kuang
• Reporter: Hairong Kuang
• Created: 17/May/07 23:36
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:42
• Resolved: 21/May/07 23:30

Description

DFSShell should pass a user's home directory instead of an empty string for any operations on a user's home directory.

This bug caused an accidental deletion of a user's directory with valuable data on our dfs cluster. Therefore, I marke it as a blocker to release 0.13