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[jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-8450) Remove src/test/system

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8450?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Eli Collins updated HADOOP-8450:
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    Attachment: hadoop-8450.txt

Patch attached (generated by svn remove of the various src/test/system directories).
                
> Remove src/test/system
> ----------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-8450
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8450
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: test
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0-alpha
>            Reporter: Colin Patrick McCabe
>            Assignee: Eli Collins
>            Priority: Trivial
>         Attachments: hadoop-8450.txt
>
>
> runAs is a binary in the hadoop-common project.  It seems to allow you to run a hadoop daemon as another user.  However, it requires setuid privileges in order to do this.
> * Do we still need this binary?  Who is using it and are there better solutions out there?  My understanding is that setuid binaries are something we generally try to avoid.
> * If we do need it, can we add some documentation about it somewhere?
> * Should this binary be in the src/test directory?  It doesn't seem to be testing anything.
> Hopefully that covers everything...

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