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John Zhuge commented on HADOOP-12718:
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Agree with you.
John Zhuge
> Confusing error message by fs -put local dir without permission
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>
> 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, HADOOP-12718.002.patch,
> TestFsShellCopyPermission-output.001.txt,
> TestFsShellCopyPermission-output.002.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}
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