[HADOOP-2659] The commands in DFSAdmin should require admin privilege

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.16.0
• Assignee: Tsz-wo Sze
• Reporter: Tsz-wo Sze
• Created: 18/Jan/08 19:35
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:42
• Resolved: 23/Jan/08 02:21

Description

The commands in DFSAdmin and the corresponding RPC calls should require admin privilege.

DFSAdmin commands:
-report
-safemode
-refreshNodes
-finalizeUpgrade
-upgradeProgress
-metasave

ClientProtocol:

public void renewLease(String clientName) throws IOException;
public long[] getStats() throws IOException;
public DatanodeInfo[] getDatanodeReport(FSConstants.DatanodeReportType type) throws IOException;
public boolean setSafeMode(FSConstants.SafeModeAction action) throws IOException;
public void refreshNodes() throws IOException;
public void finalizeUpgrade() throws IOException;
public UpgradeStatusReport distributedUpgradeProgress(UpgradeAction action) throws IOException;
public void metaSave(String filename) throws IOException;

Issue Links

• relates to: HADOOP-4368 Superuser privileges required to do "df"