[HDFS-2924] HA: Standby checkpointing fails to authenticate in secure cluster

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: HA branch (HDFS-1623)
• Fix Version/s: HA branch (HDFS-1623)
• Component/s: ha, namenode, security
• Target Version/s: HA branch (HDFS-1623)
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 09/Feb/12 06:09
• Updated: 13/Feb/12 02:48
• Resolved: 09/Feb/12 18:22

Description

When running HA on a secure cluster, the SBN checkpointing process doesn't seem to pick up the keytab-based credentials for its RPC connection to the active. I think we're just missing a doAs() in the right spot.