[HBASE-14057] HBase shell user_permission should list super users defined on hbase-site.xml

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.98.14, 1.3.0, 2.0.0
• Component/s: shell
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Srikanth Srungarapu
• Reporter: Wellington Chevreuil
• Created: 10/Jul/15 11:13
• Updated: 01/Jul/22 20:21
• Resolved: 28/Jul/15 18:45

Description

On HBase Shell, user_permission command without specifying any user lists all users granted global permissions (grant 'user', 'RWXCA'):

hbase(main):008:0* user_permission
User                                                   Namespace,Table,Family,Qualifier:Permission                                                                                                                  
 @hbase-admin                                          hbase,hbase:acl,,: [Permission: actions=READ,WRITE,EXEC,CREATE,ADMIN]                                                                                        
1 row(s) in 3.1710 seconds

Users defined as super users on hbase-site.xml configuration file are not listed by this same command, even though a super user has the same permissions/privileges as those defined through "grant 'user', 'RWXCA' command on the shell:

<property>
    <name>hbase.superuser</name>
    <value>hbase-user</value>
</property>