[HADOOP-10270] getfacl does not display effective permissions of masked entries.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: HDFS ACLs (HDFS-4685)
• Fix Version/s: HDFS ACLs (HDFS-4685)
• Component/s: fs
• Target Version/s: HDFS ACLs (HDFS-4685)
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Chris Nauroth
• Reporter: Chris Nauroth
• Created: 23/Jan/14 19:07
• Updated: 25/Feb/14 00:30
• Resolved: 31/Jan/14 18:59

Description

The mask entry of an ACL can be changed to restrict permissions that would be otherwise granted via named user and group entries. In these cases, the typical implementation of getfacl also displays the effective permissions after applying the mask.

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-10361 Correct alignment in CLI output for ACLs.
• relates to: HADOOP-10184 Hadoop Common changes required to support HDFS ACLs.