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Hadoop QA commented on HDFS-4236: --------------------------------- {color:red}-1 overall{color}. Here are the results of testing the latest attachment http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12559769/HDFS-4171.patch against trunk revision . {color:green}+1 @author{color}. The patch does not contain any @author tags. {color:green}+1 tests included{color}. The patch appears to include 2 new or modified test files. {color:green}+1 javac{color}. The applied patch does not increase the total number of javac compiler warnings. {color:green}+1 javadoc{color}. The javadoc tool did not generate any warning messages. {color:green}+1 eclipse:eclipse{color}. The patch built with eclipse:eclipse. {color:green}+1 findbugs{color}. The patch does not introduce any new Findbugs (version 1.3.9) warnings. {color:green}+1 release audit{color}. The applied patch does not increase the total number of release audit warnings. {color:red}-1 core tests{color}. The patch failed these unit tests in hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs: org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.TestEditLog {color:green}+1 contrib tests{color}. The patch passed contrib unit tests. Test results: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HDFS-Build/3617//testReport/ Console output: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HDFS-Build/3617//console This message is automatically generated. > Regression: HDFS-4171 puts artificial limit on username length > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-4236 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-4236 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.0.3-alpha > Reporter: Allen Wittenauer > Assignee: Alejandro Abdelnur > Priority: Blocker > Labels: regression > Attachments: HDFS-4171.patch > > > HDFS-4171 made the invalid assumption that there is a common limit on user > names at the UNIX level. Almost all modern systems, when running under a > 64-bit kernel, use a pointer instead of a char array in the passwd struct. > This makes usernames essentially unlimited. > Additionally, IIRC, the only places where HDFS and the OS interact where the > username is touched is during group lookup. > This limit is artificial and should be removed. There is a very high risk > that we will break users, especially service accounts used for automated > processes. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira