[HIVE-24191] Introduce configurable user to run compaction as

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-1
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Karen Coppage
• Reporter: Karen Coppage
• Created: 23/Sep/20 09:56
• Updated: 17/Nov/22 08:48
• Resolved: 24/Sep/20 09:28

Description

File listing in compaction Initiator and Cleaner, as well as compaction (MR as of HIVE-23929 and query-based as of HIVE-24089) run as the table directory owner. (CompactorThread#findUserToRunAs)

We should create a configuration that enables setting the user that these would run as instead.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1518