FIX-#4479: Prevent users from using a local filepath when performing a distributed write

docs/release_notes/release_notes-0.15.0.rst

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Key Features and Updates
   *
 * Developer API enhancements
   * FEAT-#4359: Add __dataframe__ method to the protocol dataframe (#4360)
+  * FIX-#4479: Prevent users from using a local filepath when performing a distributed write (#4484)
 * Update testing suite
   * TEST-#4363: Use Ray from pypi in CI (#4364)
   * FIX-#4422: get rid of case sensitivity for `warns_that_defaulting_to_pandas` (#4423)

modin/core/execution/ray/implementations/pandas_on_ray/io/io.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 from modin.core.execution.ray.common import RayTask, SignalActor
 from ..dataframe import PandasOnRayDataframe
 from ..partitioning import PandasOnRayDataframePartition
+from modin.core.execution.ray.implementations.utils import is_local_path
 
 
 class PandasOnRayIO(RayIO):
@@ -165,6 +166,13 @@ def to_csv(cls, qc, **kwargs):
         if not cls._to_csv_check_support(kwargs):
             return RayIO.to_csv(qc, **kwargs)
 
+        if len(ray.nodes()) > 1:
+            path = kwargs["path_or_buf"]
+            if is_local_path(path):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "`path_or_buf` must point to a networked file or buffer when in cluster mode."
+                )
+
         signals = SignalActor.remote(len(qc._modin_frame._partitions) + 1)
 
         def func(df, **kw):
@@ -277,6 +285,13 @@ def to_parquet(cls, qc, **kwargs):
         if not cls._to_parquet_check_support(kwargs):
             return RayIO.to_parquet(qc, **kwargs)
 
+        if len(ray.nodes()) > 1:
+            path = kwargs["path_or_buf"]
+            if is_local_path(path):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "`path_or_buf` must point to a networked file or buffer when in cluster mode."
+                )
+
         def func(df, **kw):
             """
             Dump a chunk of rows as parquet, then save them to target maintaining order.

modin/core/execution/ray/implementations/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Licensed to Modin Development Team under one or more contributor license agreements.
+# See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+# copyright ownership.  The Modin Development Team licenses this file to you under the
+# Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+# compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
+# the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
+# ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+# governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+"""Collection of utility functions for distributed io."""
+
+import os
+import pathlib
+import re
+
+S3_ADDRESS_REGEX = re.compile("[sS]3://(.*?)/(.*)")
+
+
+def is_local_path(path_or_buf) -> bool:
+    """
+    Return True if the specified path_or_buf is a local path, False otherwise.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    path_or_buf : str, path object or file-like object
+        The path or buffer to check.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Whether the `path_or_buf` points to a local file.
+    """
+    if isinstance(path_or_buf, str):
+        if S3_ADDRESS_REGEX.match(path_or_buf) is not None or "://" in path_or_buf:
+            return False  # S3 or network path.
+    if isinstance(path_or_buf, str) or isinstance(path_or_buf, pathlib.PurePath):
+        return os.path.exists(path_or_buf)
+    return False