Github user twdsilva commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/phoenix/pull/283#discussion_r152644100 --- Diff: phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/coprocessor/PhoenixAccessController.java --- @@ -229,17 +227,12 @@ public void handleRequireAccessOnDependentTable(String request, String userName, + dependentTable); return; } - if (isAutomaticGrantEnabled) { --- End diff -- This patch removes the automatic grant option and now always keep the permissions in sync between the data table and any index tables. You can only execute a GRANT/REVOKE on the data table and not on the index table. So I don't think we need the isStrictMode option any more. Once that is removed the data table and index table permissions for all uses will always be kept in sync.
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