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[jira] Created: (HADOOP-3847) Permission configuration files should use octal and symbolic

Permission configuration files should use octal and symbolic
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                 Key: HADOOP-3847
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-3847
             Project: Hadoop Core
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: dfs
            Reporter: Allen Wittenauer


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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