[HBASE-6257] Avoid unnecessary flush & compact on Meta in admin.rb.

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.94.0, 0.94.1, 0.95.2
• Fix Version/s: 0.92.2, 0.94.2
• Component/s: security, shell
• Labels: security
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Laxman
• Reporter: Laxman
• Created: 22/Jun/12 05:15
• Updated: 24/Oct/12 05:40
• Resolved: 30/Aug/12 23:23

Description

Discussed on dev list.

When we drop a table or a group of tables via shell it flushes and triggers major compaction on .META.

drop requires a 'C' on table
flush & compact requires 'A' on meta table

So, drop will fail even if a user has sufficient permissions.