HDFS File Permission (legacy)

This node allows to change the file permissions of HDFS files and directories. Permissions are managed in three distinct scopes e.g. user, group, and others. Character 2, 3 and 4 specify the user rights, 5, 6 and 7 the group rights and 8,9 and 10 the rights for all other users. Character 1 specifies if the file is a file "-" or directory "d" and can not changed. The following table illustrates some of the possible permissions:

Symbolic notation	Description
----------	no permission
---x--x--x	execute
--w--w--w-	write
-r--r--r--	read
-r-xr-xr-x	read and execute
-rw-rw-rw-	read and write
-rwxrwxrwx	read, write and execute
-rwx------	read, write and execute for the owner
----rwx---	read, write and execute for the group
-------rwx	read, write and execute for all others

This legacy file handling node has been replaced by the Set Files/Folders Permissions node and will be deprecated in the foreseeable future. For further information about the new file handling framework see the File Handling Guide.