[IMPALA-6654] [DOCS] Kudu/Sentry docs are out of date

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.11.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.12.0
• Component/s: Docs
• Labels: docs
• Epic Color: ghx-label-4
• Assignee: Alexandra Rodoni
• Reporter: Thomas Tauber-Marshall
• Created: 13/Mar/18 17:20
• Updated: 21/Mar/18 23:18
• Resolved: 21/Mar/18 23:18

Description

The documentation of Impala's support for Sentry authorization on Kudu tables, available here:
http://impala.apache.org/docs/build/html/topics/impala_kudu.html

is out of date. It should be updated to include the changes made in IMPALA-5489. In particular:

• Access is no longer "all or nothing" - we support column-level permissions
• Permissions do not apply "to all SQL operations" - we support SELECT- and INSERT-specific permissions. DELETE/UPDATE/UPSERT still require ALL

We should also document that "all on server" is required to specify "kudu.master_addresses" in a CREATE, even for managed tables, in addition to be required to CREATE any external table.