Behavioral Changes in Ranger

Behavioral changes denote a marked change in behavior from the previously released version to this version of Apache Ranger.

Summary: Ranger access audit behavior changes.
Previous behavior:
When you ran hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal command, audit logs were generated for the following:
  • "write" Access Type and "write" permission.
  • "rename" Access Type and "write" permission.
  • "rename" Access Type and "write" permission.
When you ran hdfs dfs -touch command, audit log was generated for the following:
  • "write" Access Type and "write" permission.
New behavior:
When you run hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal command, audit logs are generated for the following:
  • "create" Access Type and "write" permission.
  • "rename" Access Type and "write" permission.
When you run hdfs dfs -touch command, audit log is generated for the following:
  • "create" Access Type and "write" permission.