[SQOOP-2108] URI format for --password-file argument

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.5
• Component/s: docs
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mariano Dominguez
• Created: 17/Feb/15 16:52
• Updated: 17/Feb/15 16:52

Description

If no scheme (file, hdfs) is provided in the URI when using the --password-file argument, Sqoop goes to HDFS by default to get the password file.

This appears to be confusing to some users. Please add clarification about using the 'file' scheme in the URI if the password file is stored in the local FS.

Relevant documentation:
http://sqoop.apache.org/docs/1.4.5/SqoopUserGuide.html#_connecting_to_a_database_server
Secure way of supplying password to the database.