[HBASE-9275] Basic table listings should use an unprivileged operation

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: shell
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Nick Dimiduk
• Created: 20/Aug/13 21:41
• Updated: 16/Jun/22 17:53
• Resolved: 21/Aug/13 01:24

Description

From the shell "list" operation, we see the "user:namespace" table included in results. This is different from retrieving a tabling listing from the REST service, which omits that table.

The reason appears to be that hbase shell "list" command calls the deprecated HBaseAdmin#getTableNames(String), which invokes HMaster#getTableNames. This implementation has different system table filtering logic from HMaster#getTableDescriptors. The latter is the call underlying the REST implementation.

hbase(main):004:0> list
TABLE                                                                                                                                                                                                     
hbase:namespace                                                                                                                                                                                           
1 row(s) in 0.0390 seconds

=> #<#<Class:0x16309ee1>:0x66f11de2>

$ curl http://localhost:8080/
$

Issue Links

• is related to: HBASE-9273 Consolidate isSystemTable checking