Robert Joseph Evans created HADOOP-8461: -------------------------------------------
Summary: Programatically prevent symlink attacks on hadoop pid files Key: HADOOP-8461 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8461 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.0.0-alpha, 1.0.3 Reporter: Robert Joseph Evans pid files stored in HADOOP_PID_DIR and HADOOP_SECURE_DN_PID_DIR are vulnerable to symlink attacks when not properly set. We should programatically prevent symlink attacks on these files even if the directories are set to something that others can write to. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira