[HDFS-9062] Add a parameter to MiniDFSCluster to turn off security checks on the domain socked path

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Patch Available
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: hdfs-client
• Assignee: James Clampffer
• Reporter: James Clampffer
• Created: 11/Sep/15 15:47
• Updated: 12/Mar/18 18:00

Description

I'd like to add a command line parameter that allows the permission checks on dfs.domain.socket.path to be turned off.

Right now a blocker, or at least major inconvenience, for short circuit reader development is getting the domain socket path set up with the correct permissions. I'm working on shared test machines where messing with things in /var/lib is discouraged.

This should also make it easier to write tests for short circuit reads once completed.