[HADOOP-9010] Map UGI authenticationMethod to RPC authMethod

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.0, 2.0.3-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: 04/Nov/12 00:24
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:25
• Resolved: 05/Nov/12 18:33

Description

The UGI's authenticationMethod needs a forward mapping to the RPC/SASL authMethod. This will allow for the RPC client to eventually use the UGI's authenticationMethod to derive the authMethod instead of assuming security on is kerberos and security off is simple.