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Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE commented on HDFS-753: --------------------------------------------- > ... Then execute a delete and the file will be deleted. Are you using a superuser account? The hdfs permission implementation allows superuser passing all security checks. > HDFS allows delete of read only files and directories > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-753 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-753 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.20.1 > Reporter: Dain Sundstrom > Assignee: Sanjay Radia > > Add a file or directory to HDFS, and chmod it to be read only. Then execute > a delete and the file will be deleted. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.