[HADOOP-9009] Add SecurityUtil methods to get/set authentication method

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3-alpha
• Component/s: fs, security
• Target Version/s: 2.0.3-alpha
• Assignee: Daryn Sharp
• Reporter: Daryn Sharp
• Created: 03/Nov/12 21:56
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:25
• Resolved: 05/Nov/12 18:34

Description

The authentication method is handled as a string when an enum is available. Adding methods to get/set the conf value based on the enum will simplify adding new SASL auths such as PLAIN.