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Ravi Phulari commented on HADOOP-5942: -------------------------------------- Safe mode is a Namenode state in which it does not accept changes to the name space (read-only) . http://hadoop.apache.org/core/docs/r0.20.0/commands_manual.html#dfsadmin But when namenode is entered in safemode manually , Chown ,chgrp , chmod operations are allowed which makes changes in namespace and edit logs . > Chown , chgrp , chmod operations allowed when namenode is in safemode . > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-5942 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-5942 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Bug > Components: dfs > Affects Versions: 0.15.0, 0.15.1, 0.15.2, 0.15.3, 0.16.0, 0.16.1, 0.16.2, > 0.16.3, 0.16.4, 0.17.0, 0.17.1, 0.17.2, 0.18.0, 0.18.1, 0.18.2, 0.18.3, > 0.19.0, 0.19.1, 0.20.0 > Reporter: Ravi Phulari > Fix For: 0.18.3, 0.19.0, 0.19.1, 0.20.0 > > > Chown , chgrp , chmod operations allowed when namenode is in safemode . -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.