[HDFS-11957] Enable POSIX ACL inheritance by default

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha2
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-beta1
• Component/s: security
• Target Version/s: 3.0.0-beta1
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change

Release Note

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HDFS-6962 introduced POSIX ACL inheritance feature but it is disable by
default. Now enable the feature by default. Please be aware any code
expecting the old ACL inheritance behavior will have to be updated.
Please see the HDFS Permissions Guide for further details.

• Assignee: John Zhuge
• Reporter: John Zhuge
• Created: 09/Jun/17 15:41
• Updated: 24/Jul/18 22:01
• Resolved: 10/Aug/17 17:37

Description

It is time to enable POSIX ACL inheritance by default.

Issue Links

• depends upon: HDFS-6962 ACL inheritance conflicts with umaskmode