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Brandon Li commented on HADOOP-10905:
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I've committed the patch to branch-2. Thank you, [~lmccay], for the
contribution!
> LdapGroupsMapping Should use configuration.getPassword for SSL and LDAP
> Passwords
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>
> Key: HADOOP-10905
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-10905
> Project: Hadoop Common
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Components: security
> Reporter: Larry McCay
> Assignee: Larry McCay
> Fix For: 2.6.0
>
> Attachments: HADOOP-10905.patch, HADOOP-10905.patch
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> By using Configuration.getPassword the credential provider API can be used to
> provide an alternative to storing the ssl and ldap bind passwords in clear
> text within the configuration files.
> getPassword will enable us to not sure clear text passwords when required and
> provide backward compatibility for when it is not necessary and existing
> deployments.
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