Binglin Chang created HDFS-4325: ----------------------------------- Summary: ClientProtocol.createSymlink parameter dirPerm invalid Key: HDFS-4325 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-4325 Project: Hadoop HDFS Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Binglin Chang
{code} * @param link The path of the link being created. * @param dirPerm permissions to use when creating parent directories * @param createParent - if true then missing parent dirs are created * if false then parent must exist {code} According to javadoc, auto created parent dir's permissions will be dirPerm, but in fact directory permissions are always inherit from parent directory plus u+wx. IMHO, createSymlink behavior should be the same as create, which also inherit parent dir permission, so the current behavior makes sense, but the related dirPerm parameters should be removed cause it is invalid and confusing. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira