Github user ctubbsii commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/151#discussion_r78792461
--- 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 --
The prompt for the secret is similar to how GitHub asks you to type the
name of the repo, to be sure you really want to delete it. It's not a security
check. The user running this command already needs access to the server
configuration file containing the secret. It's just a sanity check. Instead of
the secret, it could prompt for the instance name or ID.
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