[HDFS-3628] The dfsadmin -setBalancerBandwidth command on branch-1 does not check for superuser privileges

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.205.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: datanode, namenode
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Harsh J
• Reporter: Harsh J
• Created: 10/Jul/12 19:54
• Updated: 15/May/13 05:16
• Resolved: 11/Jul/12 06:44

Description

The changes from HDFS-2202 for 0.20.x/1.x failed to add in a checkSuperuserPrivilege();, and hence any user (not admins alone) can reset the balancer bandwidth across the cluster if they wished to.

Issue Links

• is superceded by: HDFS-3331 setBalancerBandwidth do not checkSuperuserPrivilege