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Jimmy Xiang commented on HBASE-8662:
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For the REST side, it is not a problem since it is backward compatible. For
the RPC related change, I am not sure, however, it is very minimal.
> [rest] support impersonation
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> Key: HBASE-8662
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-8662
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Components: REST, security
> Reporter: Jimmy Xiang
> Assignee: Jimmy Xiang
> Fix For: 0.98.0, 0.95.2
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> Attachments: method_doas.patch, secure_rest.patch, trunk-8662.patch,
> trunk-8662_v2.patch, trunk-8662_v3.patch, trunk-8662_v4.patch,
> trunk-8662_v5.patch, trunk-8662_v6.patch, trunk-8662_v7.1.patch,
> trunk-8662_v7.2.patch, trunk-8662_v7.3.patch, trunk-8662_v7.patch
>
>
> Currently, our client API uses a fixed user: the current user. It should
> accept a user passed in, if authenticated.
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