[IMPALA-1142] Support specifying a custom AuthorizationProvider in Impala

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 1.4
• Fix Version/s: Impala 1.4.1
• Assignee: Lenni Kuff
• Reporter: Lenni Kuff
• Created: 07/Aug/14 00:40
• Updated: 20/Dec/15 00:05
• Resolved: 20/Aug/14 08:15

Description

Impala should support specifying a custom AuthorizationProvider class (rather than the default HadoopGroupAuthorizationProvider). This makes it easier to test different users and lets sentry be enabled without creating the groups on all nodes in the cluster.