[BIGTOP-1255] init-hcfs.json needs to encode privileges as strings, not numbers.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: tests
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: jay vyas
• Created: 15/Mar/14 00:09
• Updated: 26/Mar/14 22:21
• Resolved: 15/Mar/14 01:08

Description

JSON doesn't support octal numbers, so to encode privileges, its best to encode the privilege numbers as strings:

"/tmp",0777

Needs to be

"/tmp","0777"

Then, we can easily use Short.decode(..) to read in octal encoded numbers. The short value can then be passed properly to the constructor of FsPermission.

This is fixed in https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12634808/BIGTOP-952.patch , but just wanted to create a separate placeholder JIRA while BIGTOP-952 is still pending.

Issue Links

• is superceded by: BIGTOP-952 init-hdfs.sh is dog slow. Let's replace it with a direct HDFS API calls and better layout management