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Arpit Gupta updated HDFS-2432: ------------------------------ Description: Currently the set replication api on a directory leads to a 200. Request URI http://NN:50070/webhdfs/tmp/webhdfs_data/dir_replication_tests?op=SETREPLICATION&replication=5 Request Method: PUT Status Line: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Response Content: {"boolean":false} Since we can determine that this call did not succeed (boolean=false) we should rather just return a 403 was: Currently the set replication api on a directory leads to a 200. Request URI http://NN:50070/webhdfs/tmp/webhdfs_data/dir_replication_tests?op=SETREPLICATION&replication=5 Request Method: PUT Status Line: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Response Content: {"boolean":false} Since we can determine that this call did not succeed (boolean=false) we should rather just return a 400 (Bad Request) Summary: webhdfs setreplication api should return a 403 when called on a directory (was: webhdfs setreplication api should return a 400 when called on a directory) Thanks for the input praveen. > webhdfs setreplication api should return a 403 when called on a directory > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-2432 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-2432 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.20.205.0 > Reporter: Arpit Gupta > > Currently the set replication api on a directory leads to a 200. > Request URI > http://NN:50070/webhdfs/tmp/webhdfs_data/dir_replication_tests?op=SETREPLICATION&replication=5 > Request Method: PUT > Status Line: HTTP/1.1 200 OK > Response Content: {"boolean":false} > Since we can determine that this call did not succeed (boolean=false) we > should rather just return a 403 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira