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Xiao Kang commented on HADOOP-6687: ----------------------------------- Which revision is the patch against? Since no such method "public boolean commit() throws LoginException" found in http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.20/src/core/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java. > user object in the subject in UGI should be reused in case of a relogin. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-6687 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6687 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Jitendra Nath Pandey > Attachments: HADOOP-6687-y20.2.patch > > > In case of a relogin, a new user object is created in the subject. This > causes the subject to lose some state for example authentication method. > Instead, a new user object should not be added to the subject if one is > already present. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.