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Arpit Agarwal updated HDFS-8983: -------------------------------- Status: Patch Available (was: Open) > NameNode support for protected directories > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: HDFS-8983 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-8983 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: namenode > Affects Versions: 2.7.1 > Reporter: Arpit Agarwal > Assignee: Arpit Agarwal > Attachments: HDFS-8393.01.patch, HDFS-8393.02.patch > > > To protect important system directories from inadvertent deletion (e.g. > /Users) the NameNode can allow marking directories as _protected_. Such > directories cannot be deleted unless they are empty. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)