How to display the Access Control Lists (ACLs) of files and directories in HDFS?

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I have uploaded some files to HDFS. I want to display the Access Control Lists (ACLs) of files and directories. How can I do that?

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It is possible to access the access control list of files and directories in HDFS. The getfacl command will help you in displaying the access control lists. Below is the representation of the command.


$ hdfs dfs -getfacl /hadoop


# file: /hadoop


# owner: ubuntu


# group: supergroup

 
 

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