John Zhuge created HADOOP-12718: ----------------------------------- Summary: Confusing error message by fs -put local dir without permission Key: HADOOP-12718 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-12718 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: Bug Reporter: John Zhuge Assignee: John Zhuge Priority: Minor
When the user doesn't have access permission to the local directory or file, the "hadoop fs -put" command prints an confusing error message "No such file or directory". {noformat} $ whoami systest $ cd /home/systest $ ls -ld . drwx------. 4 systest systest 4096 Jan 13 14:21 . $ mkdir d1 $ sudo -u hdfs hadoop fs -put d1 /tmp put: `d1': No such file or directory {noformat} It will be more informative if the message is: {noformat} put: cannot access `d1': Permission denied {noformat} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)