Mohammad Arshad created ZOOKEEPER-3891: ------------------------------------------
Summary: ZKCli commands give wrong error message "Authentication is not valid" for insufficient permissions Key: ZOOKEEPER-3891 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-3891 Project: ZooKeeper Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Mohammad Arshad Assignee: Mohammad Arshad ZKCli commands give error message "Authentication is not valid" for insufficient permissions .(when KeeperException.NoAuthException is thrown). This is misleading message. Steps: to get the error {code:java} [zk: vm1:2181(CONNECTED) 0] create /b Created /b [zk: vm1:2181(CONNECTED) 1] getAcl /b 'world,'anyone : cdrwa [zk: vm1:2181(CONNECTED) 2] setAcl /b world:anyone:ra [zk: vm1:2181(CONNECTED) 3] getAcl /b 'world,'anyone : ra [zk: vm1:2181(CONNECTED) 4] create /b/b1 Authentication is not valid : /b/b1 [zk: vm1:2181(CONNECTED) 5] {code} I think we should change message "Authentication is not valid" to "Insufficient permission" -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)