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Steve Loughran commented on HADOOP-5200: ---------------------------------------- Yes, this duplicates HADOOP-5687, thanks for committing that -my code adds a check for FileSystem.getDefaultUri(conf) being null, that could go in on top of what is checked in. It's unlikely, but if you try hard enough, it happens. -some tests for this would be lightweight and fast. I will write them. > NPE when the namenode comes up but the filesystem is set to file:// > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-5200 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-5200 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Bug > Components: dfs > Affects Versions: 0.21.0 > Reporter: Steve Loughran > Assignee: Steve Loughran > Priority: Minor > > If you bring up a namenode and the conf file points to file:/// as the URI, > then the authority is null, breaking code that follows -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.