[ACCUMULO-1319] Remove root username prompt from init

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Assignee: John Vines
• Reporter: Christopher Tubbs
• Created: 18/Apr/13 15:59
• Updated: 23/Apr/13 01:21
• Resolved: 18/Apr/13 17:55

Description

The prompt for the root user name was added to get around the constraint that System.GRANT permission cannot be granted. However, that's only true in the ZKAuthenticator/Authorization component that existed previously. It may not be true in the user-configured Authorizor.

Leaving this in for 1.5 would create an unnecessary churn between 1.4 and 1.6, especially in light of planned 1.6 features (ACCUMULO-1300, which should require a prompt to initialize the "local" user named "root" only). It also conflicts with ACCUMULO-1024's intentions to leave user management for pluggable authentication system outside Accumulo and in their own tools (such as LDAP).

This prompt should not exist in 1.5.

Issue Links

• is related to: ACCUMULO-1317 Username *'ed out during `accumulo init`
• relates to: ACCUMULO-1318 Allow granting System.GRANT permission
• relates to: ACCUMULO-1300 Allow multiple, prioritized authentication systems