[HADOOP-6715] AccessControlList.toString() returns empty string when we set acl to "*"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.22.0
• Component/s: security, util
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Ravi Gummadi
• Reporter: Ravi Gummadi
• Created: 20/Apr/10 06:41
• Updated: 12/Dec/11 06:18
• Resolved: 12/Aug/10 06:36

Description

AccessControlList.toString() returns empty string when we set the acl to "*" and also when we set it to empty(i.e. " "). This is causing wrong values for ACLs shown on jobdetails.jsp and jobdetailshistory.jsp web pages when acls are set to "*".

I think AccessControlList.toString() needs to be changed to return "*" when we set the acl to "*".

Issue Links

• blocks: MAPREDUCE-1780 AccessControlList.toString() is used for serialization of ACL in JobStatus.java