diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
index bcb8158..e207519 100755
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
@@ -2355,6 +2355,9 @@ function hadoop_verify_user_perm
   declare command=$2
   declare uvar
 
+  if [[ $command =~ \. ]];then
+      return 1
+  fi
   uvar=$(hadoop_build_custom_subcmd_var "${program}" "${command}" USER)
 
   if [[ -n ${!uvar} ]]; then
@@ -2381,7 +2384,9 @@ function hadoop_need_reexec
   declare uvar
 
   # we've already been re-execed, bail
-
+  if [[ $command =~ \. ]];then
+    return 1
+  fi
   if [[ "${HADOOP_REEXECED_CMD}" = true ]]; then
     return 1
   fi
@@ -2421,7 +2426,9 @@ function hadoop_subcommand_opts
   if [[ -z "${program}" || -z "${command}" ]]; then
     return 1
   fi
-
+  if [[ $command =~ \. ]];then
+    return 1
+  fi
   # bash 4 and up have built-in ways to upper and lower
   # case the contents of vars.  This is faster than
   # calling tr.