[MAPREDUCE-4397] Introduce HADOOP_SECURITY_CONF_DIR for task-controller

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.2
• Component/s: task-controller
• Target Version/s: 1.1.2
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Yu Gao
• Reporter: Luke Lu
• Created: 05/Jul/12 09:59
• Updated: 03/May/13 23:20
• Resolved: 21/Dec/12 23:32

Description

The linux task controller currently hard codes the directory in which to look for its config file at compile time (via the HADOOP_CONF_DIR macro). Adding a new environment variable to look for task-controller's conf dir (with strict permission checks) would make installation much more flexible.