[IMPALA-5552] Proxy user list should support groups

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.13.0, Impala 3.1.0
• Component/s: Frontend
• Epic Color: ghx-label-8
• Assignee: Fredy Wijaya
• Reporter: Tristan Stevens
• Created: 21/Jun/17 15:55
• Updated: 22/Dec/20 21:12
• Resolved: 14/Jun/18 22:30

Description

The authorized_proxy_user_config takes a map of user->doAsUser* - i.e. user is allowed to impersonate any users in the list of doAsUsers.

For enterprise deployments, this would be better specified as a list of groups, rather than a a list of users:

user1->group*

When accepting a query, Impala will check that the doAs user is a member of any of the list of groups specified for the connecting user.

HiveServer2 does this via Hadoop-level proxy user privileges (e.g.
{{<property>
<name>hadoop.proxyuser.user1.hosts</name>
<value>doAsUser1,doAsUser2</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hadoop.proxyuser.user1.groups</name>
<value>doAsGroup1,doAsGroup2</value>
</property>}}

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: IMPALA-6730 Support group impersonation for authorization requests

Sub-Tasks

• Impala 3.1 Doc: Proxy user list should support groups: Closed