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Xuefu Zhang commented on HIVE-6466:
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[~vaibhavgumashta] Thanks for the provided info. I assume this is functional
improvement that's going to be documented. However, would you mind giving a
brief description of what Hive gains from this. A use case would be very
helpful.
> Add support for pluggable authentication modules (PAM) in HiveServer2
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> Key: HIVE-6466
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6466
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: HiveServer2
> Affects Versions: 0.13.0
> Reporter: Vaibhav Gumashta
> Assignee: Vaibhav Gumashta
> Fix For: 0.13.0
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> Attachments: HIVE-6466.1.patch
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> More on PAM in these articles:
> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-pam-works
> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Managing_Smart_Cards/Pluggable_Authentication_Modules.html
> Usage from JPAM api: http://jpam.sourceforge.net/JPamUserGuide.html#id.s7.1
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