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[jira] [Resolved] (HDFS-5613) NameNode: implement handling of ACLs in combination with symlinks.

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-5613?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Haohui Mai resolved HDFS-5613.
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       Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s: HDFS ACLs (HDFS-4685)
     Hadoop Flags: Reviewed

I've committed it into the branch. Thanks Chris for the contribution.

> NameNode: implement handling of ACLs in combination with symlinks.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HDFS-5613
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-5613
>             Project: Hadoop HDFS
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: namenode
>    Affects Versions: HDFS ACLs (HDFS-4685)
>            Reporter: Chris Nauroth
>            Assignee: Chris Nauroth
>             Fix For: HDFS ACLs (HDFS-4685)
>
>         Attachments: HDFS-5613.1.patch
>
>
> A symlink in HDFS does not have an ACL of its own.  Operations that modify the ACL of a symlink instead modify the target of the symlink.  For operations that enforce ACLs, enforcement is on the target of the symlink.  This is similar to existing handling of permissions for symlinks.



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