[IMPALA-6610] Impala shell fetches the value of option ldap_password_cmd incorrectly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.5.0
• Component/s: Clients
• Epic Color: ghx-label-2
• Assignee: Davy Xu
• Reporter: Davy Xu
• Created: 06/Mar/18 09:09
• Updated: 02/Apr/18 05:59
• Resolved: 02/Apr/18 05:59

Description

When using the impala shell to connect to ldap-enabled impalas as following:
impala-shell -l -uroot --auth_creds_ok_in_clear --ldap_password_cmd="echo 111111"

Getting the value of the ldap_password_cmd option was incorrect and failed to log in.

Issue Links

• breaks: IMPALA-6716 ImpalaShell should not rely on global access to parsed command line options