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  1. Hadoop HDFS
  2. HDFS-5035

getFileLinkStatus and rename do not correctly check permissions of symlinks

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.1.0-beta, 3.0.0-alpha1
    • 2.3.0
    • namenode
    • None

    Description

      Operations like getFileLinkStatus and rename operate on symlinks, not symlink targets. However, permission checks right now are being done on the symlink target, resulting in wonky behavior.

      This is similar to HDFS-4765, which fixed the same problem for delete.

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        1. hdfs-5035-branch-2-1.patch
          17 kB
          Andrew Wang
        2. hdfs-5035-2.patch
          17 kB
          Andrew Wang
        3. hdfs-5035-1.patch
          16 kB
          Andrew Wang

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