[HDFS-10481] HTTPFS server should correctly impersonate as end user to open file

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: httpfs
• Target Version/s: 2.8.0
• Assignee: Xiao Chen
• Reporter: Xiao Chen
• Created: 03/Jun/16 07:59
• Updated: 02/May/18 21:00
• Resolved: 04/Jun/16 00:22

Description

Seen issues where applications like oozie/hue connecting to httpfs to read an encryption zone will end up being rejected by the KMS, because logged in as httpfs instead of the end user.

The issue exists since the initial feature HDFS-2178.

Issue Links

• is related to: HDFS-13521 NFS Gateway should support impersonation