Description
Currently the TaskTracker spawns the map/reduce tasks, resulting in them running as the user who started the TaskTracker.
For security and accounting purposes the tasks should be run as the job-owner.
Attachments
Attachments
Issue Links
- blocks
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HADOOP-5420 Support killing of process groups in LinuxTaskController binary
- Closed
- is blocked by
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HADOOP-4930 Implement setuid executable for Linux to assist in launching tasks as job owners
- Closed
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HADOOP-2721 Use job control for tasks (and therefore for pipes and streaming)
- Closed
- relates to
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MAPREDUCE-856 Localized files from DistributedCache should have right access-control
- Closed