[SQOOP-1387] Incorrect permissions on manager.d directory can lead to NPE

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.6
• Labels: newbie
• Assignee: Chiwan Park
• Reporter: Jarek Jarcec Cecho
• Created: 17/Jul/14 18:11
• Updated: 17/Sep/14 00:36
• Resolved: 16/Sep/14 23:36

Description

I got a report that when files in manager.d have incorrect permissions (Sqoop can't read them), we will get following NPE:

14/07/17 08:43:46 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Got error creating database manager: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1078)
at org.apache.sqoop.ConnFactory.loadManagersFromConfDir(ConnFactory.java:289)
at org.apache.sqoop.ConnFactory.instantiateFactories(ConnFactory.java:85)