DFS shell get/copy gives weird errors when permissions are wrong with directories ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: HADOOP-7943 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7943 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: Bug Components: fs Affects Versions: 0.20.205.0 Reporter: Ben West Priority: Minor Let /foo be a *directory* in HDFS (issue does not occur with files) and /bar be a local dir. Do something like: {code} $ chmod u-w /bar $ hadoop -get /foo/myfile /bar copyToLocal: Permission denied # correctly tells me permission is denied $ hadoop -get /foo /bar copyToLocal: null $ hadoop -get /foo/ /bar copyToLocal: No such file or directory {code} I've been banging my head for a bit trying to figure out why hadoop thinks my directory doesn't exist, but it turns out the problem was just with my local permissions. The "Permission denied" error would've been a lot nicer to get. -- 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