Hi Amith, If you do “export HADOOP_USER_NAME=hdfs” then hdfs user will be used. This is because you don’t have any mechanism to authenticate the user. To authenticate you need to kerberized the cluster. Hope it answers your question. Regards, Sachin Janani
From: Amith sha [mailto:amithsh...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 4:33 PM To: user@ranger.incubator.apache.org Subject: Exporting Hadoop User Name Hi All, Need to Clarify regarding Authorization In Ranger Authorization My current User (i.e) user who is accessing the Object For Example:- username:- USERA is trying to cat the file in HDFS So will be exported and checked in Ranger Console about his privileges. If He has right permission Then using HDFS USERNAME and HDFS PASSWORD the file in HDFS is accessed. Here if in my Terminal as USERA i did this export HADOOP_USER_NAME=hdfs What will happen *So After Exporting if i connect Ranger it will pick me as HDFS user OR USREA user? If so Then how can i protect the HDFS Data Thanks & Regards Amithsha DISCLAIMER ========== This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, distribute or use this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this message. Persistent Systems Ltd. does not accept any liability for virus infected mails.
