[HADOOP-8457] Address file ownership issue for users in Administrators group on Windows.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.0
• Component/s: native
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Ivan Mitic
• Reporter: Chuan Liu
• Created: 31/May/12 16:49
• Updated: 19/Sep/12 23:16
• Resolved: 19/Sep/12 23:16

Description

On Linux, the initial file owners are the creators. (I think this is true in general. If there are exceptions, please let me know.) On Windows, the file created by a user in the Administrators group has the initial owner ‘Administrators’, i.e. the the Administrators group is the initial owner of the file. As a result, this leads to an exception when we check file ownership in SecureIOUtils .checkStat() method. As a result, this method is disabled right now. We need to address this problem and enable the method on Windows.

Issue Links

• is part of: HADOOP-8645 Stabilize branch-1-win
• relates to: HADOOP-8235 Support file permissions and ownership on Windows for RawLocalFileSystem