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[jira] Commented: (HADOOP-6234) Permission configuration files should use octal and symbolic

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Jakob Homan commented on HADOOP-6234:
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Moved to Common, where the affected files actually reside

> Permission configuration files should use octal and symbolic
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-6234
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6234
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Allen Wittenauer
>            Assignee: Jakob Homan
>         Attachments: COMMON-126.patch
>
>
> Currently, the settings for the default umask in Hadoop configuration files require the input format be in decimal.  Considering that every admin in the world thinks of permissions in octal and/or symbolic format, the config files should really use those two formats and drop decimal.
> [... and, yes, I'm aware this breaks backwards compatibility.  But in this case, I think that is perfectly acceptable.]

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