Gary Helmling created HBASE-9897:
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             Summary: Clean up some security configuration checks in 
LoadIncrementalHFiles
                 Key: HBASE-9897
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-9897
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Task
          Components: security
            Reporter: Gary Helmling


In LoadIncrementalHFiles, use of SecureBulkLoadClient is conditioned on 
UserProvider.isHBaseSecurityEnabled() in a couple of places.  However, use of 
secure bulk loading seems to be required more by use of HDFS secure 
authentication, instead of HBase secure authentication.  It should be possible 
to use secure bulk loading, as long as SecureBulkLoadEndpoint is loaded, and 
HDFS secure authentication is enabled, regardless of the HBase authentication 
configuration.

In addition, SecureBulkLoadEndpoint does a direct check on permissions by 
referencing AccessController loaded on the same region, i.e.:
{code}
      getAccessController().prePrepareBulkLoad(env);
{code}

It seems like this will throw an NPE if AccessController is not configured.  We 
need an additional null check to handle this case gracefully.



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