[HDFS-5035] getFileLinkStatus and rename do not correctly check permissions of symlinks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0-beta, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: namenode
• Assignee: Andrew Wang
• Reporter: Andrew Wang
• Created: 26/Jul/13 02:53
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:15
• Resolved: 02/Nov/13 01:09

Description

Operations like getFileLinkStatus and rename operate on symlinks, not symlink targets. However, permission checks right now are being done on the symlink target, resulting in wonky behavior.

This is similar to HDFS-4765, which fixed the same problem for delete.