[HADOOP-8450] Remove src/test/system

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.3, 2.0.2-alpha
• Component/s: test
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Eli Collins Assign to me
• Reporter: Colin McCabe
• Created: 30/May/12 17:13
• Updated: 11/Oct/12 17:45
• Resolved: 03/Jun/12 22:21

Description

runAs is a binary in the hadoop-common project. It seems to allow you to run a hadoop daemon as another user. However, it requires setuid privileges in order to do this.

• Do we still need this binary? Who is using it and are there better solutions out there? My understanding is that setuid binaries are something we generally try to avoid.

• If we do need it, can we add some documentation about it somewhere?

• Should this binary be in the src/test directory? It doesn't seem to be testing anything.

Hopefully that covers everything...

Issue Links

• relates to: HADOOP-8620 Add -Drequire.fuse and -Drequire.snappy