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Stephen Chu updated HDFS-6741: ------------------------------ Target Version/s: 3.0.0, 2.6.0 Status: Patch Available (was: Open) > Improve permission denied message when FSPermissionChecker#checkOwner fails > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-6741 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6741 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 3.0.0, 2.5.0 > Reporter: Stephen Chu > Assignee: Stephen Chu > Priority: Minor > Attachments: HDFS-6741.1.patch > > > Currently, FSPermissionChecker#checkOwner throws an AccessControlException > with a simple "Permission denied" message. > When users try to set an ACL without ownership permissions, they'll see > something like: > {code} > [schu@hdfs-vanilla-1 hadoop]$ hdfs dfs -setfacl -m user:schu:--- /tmp > setfacl: Permission denied > {code} > It'd be helpful if the message had an explanation why the permission was > denied to avoid confusion for users who aren't familiar with permissions. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)