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Yongjun Zhang commented on HDFS-6165:
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Hi [~cnauroth], just saw your comments, thanks for the info.
Secion 2.b in http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/rm.html
says:
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If the -f option is not specified, and either the permissions of file do not
permit writing and the standard input is a terminal or the -i option is
specified, rm shall write a prompt to standard error and read a line from the
standard input. If the response is not affirmative, rm shall do nothing more
with the current file and go on to any remaining files.
{code}
I found another link http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Unix_File_Permissions that talks
about deleting empty subdirectory:
{code}
For a directory, read ("r") means that the grantee has permission to see what
files and directories have been placed inside of that directory. Write ("w")
means that the grantee has permission to create new files within that directory
and to delete the directory (when empty). Execute ("x") means that the grantee
can "cd" or change into the directory. (Without "x", the user can't actually
read or write either.)
{code}
> "hdfs dfs -rm -r" is slightly different from the Unix "rm -r" for deleting an
> empty directory
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: HDFS-6165
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6165
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: hdfs-client
> Affects Versions: 2.3.0
> Reporter: Yongjun Zhang
> Assignee: Yongjun Zhang
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: HDFS-6165.001.patch
>
>
> Given a directory owned by user A with permissions 0700 containing an empty
> directory owned by user B, it is not possible to delete user B's directory.
> This is incorrect. Write permission on the containing directory should be all
> that is needed to delete the child directory. Here's a reproduction:
> {code}
> [root@vm01 ~]# hdfs dfs -ls /user/
> Found 4 items
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-05-03 01:55 /user/userabc
> drwxr-xr-x - hdfs supergroup 0 2013-05-03 00:28 /user/hdfs
> drwxrwxrwx - mapred hadoop 0 2013-05-03 00:13 /user/history
> drwxr-xr-x - hdfs supergroup 0 2013-04-14 16:46 /user/hive
> [root@vm01 ~]# hdfs dfs -ls /user/userabc
> Found 8 items
> drwx------ - userabc users 0 2013-05-02 17:00 /user/userabc/.Trash
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-05-03 01:34 /user/userabc/.cm
> drwx------ - userabc users 0 2013-05-03 01:06
> /user/userabc/.staging
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-04-14 18:31 /user/userabc/apps
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-04-30 18:05 /user/userabc/ds
> drwxr-xr-x - hdfs users 0 2013-05-03 01:54 /user/userabc/foo
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-04-30 16:18
> /user/userabc/maven_source
> drwxr-xr-x - hdfs users 0 2013-05-03 01:40
> /user/userabc/test-restore
> [root@vm01 ~]# hdfs dfs -ls /user/userabc/foo/
> [root@vm01 ~]# sudo -u userabc hdfs dfs -rm -r -skipTrash /user/userabc/foo
> rm: Permission denied: user=userabc, access=ALL,
> inode="/user/userabc/foo":hdfs:users:drwxr-xr-x
> {code}
> The super user can delete the directory.
> {code}
> [root@vm01 ~]# sudo -u hdfs hdfs dfs -rm -r -skipTrash /user/userabc/foo
> Deleted /user/userabc/foo
> {code}
> The same is not true for files, however. They have the correct behavior.
> {code}
> [root@vm01 ~]# sudo -u hdfs hdfs dfs -touchz /user/userabc/foo-file
> [root@vm01 ~]# hdfs dfs -ls /user/userabc/
> Found 8 items
> drwx------ - userabc users 0 2013-05-02 17:00 /user/userabc/.Trash
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-05-03 01:34 /user/userabc/.cm
> drwx------ - userabc users 0 2013-05-03 01:06
> /user/userabc/.staging
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-04-14 18:31 /user/userabc/apps
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-04-30 18:05 /user/userabc/ds
> -rw-r--r-- 1 hdfs users 0 2013-05-03 02:11
> /user/userabc/foo-file
> drwxr-xr-x - userabc users 0 2013-04-30 16:18
> /user/userabc/maven_source
> drwxr-xr-x - hdfs users 0 2013-05-03 01:40
> /user/userabc/test-restore
> [root@vm01 ~]# sudo -u userabc hdfs dfs -rm -skipTrash /user/userabc/foo-file
> Deleted /user/userabc/foo-file
> {code}
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