[HDFS-4207] All hadoop fs operations fail if the default fs is down even if a different file system is specified in the command

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: hdfs-client
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jing Zhao
• Reporter: Steve Loughran
• Created: 17/Nov/12 17:26
• Updated: 15/May/13 05:16
• Resolved: 21/Nov/12 18:59

Description

you can't do any hadoop fs commands against any hadoop filesystem (e.g, s3://, a remote hdfs://, webhdfs://) if the default FS of the client is offline. Only operations that need the local fs should be expected to fail in this situation

Issue Links

• duplicates: HADOOP-7207 fs member of FSShell is not really needed