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 notationDescription----------no permission---x--x--xexecute--w--w--w-write-r--r--r--read-r-xr-xr-xread and execute-rw-rw-rw-read and write-rwxrwxrwxread, write and execute-rwx------read, write and execute for the owner----rwx---read, write and execute for the group-------rwxread, write and execute for all othersThis legacy file handling node has been replaced by the Set Files/Folders Permissions node and will be deprecated in the foreseeable future.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.