[HDFS-4335] dfs -mkdir /foo reports "/" rather than "/foo" in error output

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.2-alpha, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: hdfs-client
• Assignee: Andy Isaacson
• Reporter: Andy Isaacson
• Created: 22/Dec/12 02:28
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:14

Description

ubuntu@ubu-cdh-0:~$ hdfs dfs -mkdir /foo
mkdir: Permission denied: user=ubuntu, access=WRITE, inode="/":hdfs:hadoop:drwxr-xr-x

It would be better if the Permission Denied message included the foo that often will help debug a failure, for example if a script constructs a path and then fails with a mysterious error message.