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  1. Hadoop Common
  2. HADOOP-6234

Permission configuration files should use octal and symbolic

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 0.21.0
    • None
    • None
    • Reviewed
    • New configuration option dfs.umaskmode sets umask with octal or symbolic value.

    Description

      Currently, the settings for the default umask in Hadoop configuration files require the input format be in decimal. Considering that every admin in the world thinks of permissions in octal and/or symbolic format, the config files should really use those two formats and drop decimal.

      [... and, yes, I'm aware this breaks backwards compatibility. But in this case, I think that is perfectly acceptable.]

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        1. COMMON-126.patch
          20 kB
          Jakob Homan
        2. COMMON-6234.patch
          23 kB
          Jakob Homan
        3. COMMON-6234.rel20.patch
          22 kB
          Suresh Srinivas
        4. COMMON-6234.rel20.patch
          22 kB
          Suresh Srinivas
        5. COMMON-6234.rel20.1.patch
          21 kB
          Suresh Srinivas

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              jghoman Jakob Homan
              aw Allen Wittenauer
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