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Brian Bockelman updated HADOOP-5551:
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Fix Version/s: 0.19.1
0.20.0
Status: Patch Available (was: Open)
> Namenode permits directory destruction on overwrite
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> Key: HADOOP-5551
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-5551
> Project: Hadoop Core
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 0.19.1
> Reporter: Brian Bockelman
> Priority: Critical
> Fix For: 0.20.0, 0.19.1
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> Attachments: HADOOP-5551-v2.patch
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> The FSNamesystem's startFileInternal allows overwriting of directories. That
> is, if you have a directory named /foo/bar and you try to write a file named
> /foo/bar, the file is written and the directory disappears.
> This is most apparent for folks using libhdfs directly, as overwriting is
> always turned on. Therefore, if libhdfs applications do not check the
> existence of a directory first, then they will permit new files to destroy
> directories.
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