[DRILL-5820] Add support for libpam4j Pam Authenticator

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.12.0
• Labels: doc-impacting ready-to-commit
• Assignee: Sorabh Hamirwasia
• Reporter: Sorabh Hamirwasia
• Reviewer: Paul Rogers
• Created: 26/Sep/17 18:50
• Updated: 22/Dec/17 01:18
• Resolved: 03/Oct/17 12:04

Description

Drill uses JPAM as the PAM authenticator module for username/password verification for PLAIN mechanism. There are some known issues with JPAM which leads to JVM crash and memory leaks. JPAM also requires a manual step in copying the native library.

Also based on the HIVE-16529 there have been mention of these issues with JPAM which is resolved in the libpam4j. Also libpam4j avoids the need to install native library explicitly. It would be good to provide support for libpam4j in Drill to avoid these issues.

Some other reported problems with JPAM:

• https://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/display/V3/Pam+Authentication+through+JPam
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860119#c12

Issue Links

• incorporates: DRILL-4756 JPAM library required by Drill does not work for Mac; provide alternative
• relates to: DRILL-6047 Update doc to include instructions for libpam4j
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #962