[HADOOP-7083] Allow SecureIO to be disabled for developer workstations

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.22.0
• Component/s: native, security
• Assignee: Alejandro Abdelnur
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 03/Jan/11 20:45
• Updated: 05/Sep/11 20:53
• Resolved: 05/Sep/11 20:53

Description

In testing with secure Hadoop, the new requirement for native code is annoying on platforms like OSX where the native code can be tricky to get compiled and working. We should allow developers to disable this aspect of security by setting a special flag.

Issue Links

• relates to: HADOOP-6978 Add JNI support for secure IO operations