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Peter Vary commented on HIVE-14100:
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That is correct [~mohitsabharwal]!
I know some specific distribution, with some specific configuration use other
Authenticator than SessionStateUserAuthenticator :)
> current_user() returns invalid information
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> Key: HIVE-14100
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-14100
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Authentication, Beeline
> Reporter: Peter Vary
> Assignee: Peter Vary
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: HIVE-14100.2.patch, HIVE-14100.2.patch,
> HIVE-14100.2.patch, HIVE-14100.patch
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> Using HadoopDeaultAuthenticator the current_user() returns the username of
> the unix user running hiveservice2.
> Using SessionStateUserAuthenticator the current_user returns the username
> which is provided when the connection started.
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