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Enis Soztutar updated HBASE-15147:
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Status: Patch Available (was: Open)
> Shell should use Admin.listTableNames() instead of Admin.listTables()
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> Key: HBASE-15147
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-15147
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Enis Soztutar
> Assignee: Enis Soztutar
> Fix For: 2.0.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, 1.1.4
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> Attachments: hbase-15147_v1.patch
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> It seems that getTableDescriptors() in master checks for A and C permissions
> while getTableNames() checks for any privilege on the table. The reasoning is
> explained here:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-12564?focusedCommentId=14234504&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14234504
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> We should change the shell command for {{list}} to use the getTableNames()
> version because of this. Otherwise a user having only R or W cannot list the
> table name.
> This has been reported from a user here:
> https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/10742/why-does-a-user-need-create-permission-for-list-co.html#comment-11000.
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> While we are at it, should we revisit the fact that you cannot get a table
> descriptor if you have only R or W? It seems strange that you cannot even
> know the CF names of a table that you can read from. I could not find info
> about the "describe" privileges on SQL databases. However, if there are use
> cases where Table descriptor might contain sensitive info, the current
> semantics seems fine. cc [~apurtell] and [~mbertozzi].
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