[HDFS-6730] Create a .RAW extended attribute namespace

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: fs-encryption (HADOOP-10150 and HDFS-6134)
• Fix Version/s: fs-encryption (HADOOP-10150 and HDFS-6134)
• Component/s: namenode, security
• Target Version/s: fs-encryption (HADOOP-10150 and HDFS-6134)
• Assignee: Charles Lamb
• Reporter: Charles Lamb
• Created: 22/Jul/14 21:50
• Updated: 30/Jul/14 01:35
• Resolved: 30/Jul/14 01:35

Description

As part of the work to make distcp work with Data at Rest Encryption, we need to create a RAW. extended attribute namespace. See the doc and comments in HDFS-6509 for details. All of the encryption-related xattrs will move to this namespace.