[HADOOP-10277] setfacl -x fails to parse ACL spec if trying to remove the mask entry.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• 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: Vinayakumar B
• Reporter: Chris Nauroth
• Created: 24/Jan/14 21:41
• Updated: 27/Jan/14 18:06
• Resolved: 27/Jan/14 18:06

Description

You should be able to use setfacl -x to remove the mask entry (if also removing all other extended ACL entries). Right now, this causes a failure to parse the ACL spec due to a bug in AclEntry#parseAclSpec.

Issue Links

• relates to: HADOOP-10187 FsShell CLI: add getfacl and setfacl with minimal support for getting and setting ACLs.
• relates to: HADOOP-10184 Hadoop Common changes required to support HDFS ACLs.