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John Zhuge commented on HADOOP-12718: ------------------------------------- To run the manual unit test: # In */tmp*, create 2 files *f1* and *f2* with permission *0600*. *f1* should be owned by another user. # In */tmp", create 2 dirs *d1* and *d2* with permission *0700*. *d1* should be owned by another user. Create some files in these 2 dirs. # Apply the manual unit test patch, run the unit test *TestFsShellCopyPermission*. > Confusing error message by fs -put local dir without permission > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-12718 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-12718 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: John Zhuge > Assignee: John Zhuge > Priority: Minor > Labels: supportability > Attachments: HADOOP-12718.001.patch, > TestFsShellCopyPermission-output.001.txt, TestFsShellCopyPermission.001.patch > > > When the user doesn't have access permission to the local directory, the > "hadoop fs -put" command prints a confusing error message "No such file or > directory". > {noformat} > $ whoami > systest > $ cd /home/systest > $ ls -ld . > drwx------. 4 systest systest 4096 Jan 13 14:21 . > $ mkdir d1 > $ sudo -u hdfs hadoop fs -put d1 /tmp > put: `d1': No such file or directory > {noformat} > It will be more informative if the message is: > {noformat} > put: d1 (Permission denied) > {noformat} > If the source is a local file, the error message is ok: > {noformat} > put: f1 (Permission denied) > {noformat} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)