Github user joshelser commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/151#discussion_r78790611
--- Diff:
server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/init/Initialize.java ---
@@ -762,6 +764,17 @@ public void execute(final String[] args) {
if (opts.resetSecurity) {
AccumuloServerContext context = new AccumuloServerContext(new
ServerConfigurationFactory(HdfsZooInstance.getInstance()));
if (isInitialized(fs)) {
+ if (!opts.forceResetSecurity) {
+ String secret = acuConf.get(Property.INSTANCE_SECRET);
+ ConsoleReader c = getConsoleReader();
+ String userEnteredSecret = c.readLine("WARNING: This will
remove all users from Accumulo! If you wish to proceed enter the instance
secret: ", '*');
--- End diff --
> If you wish to proceed enter the instance secret
Do we need to prompt for instance.secret instead of just a 'Y/N'? It's not
apparent if this is buying us anything. If someone can successfully re-init
(permission wise), they have the ability to get this value.
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