Index: hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TableName.java =================================================================== --- hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TableName.java (revision 1581247) +++ hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TableName.java (working copy) @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ /** The Namespace table's name. */ public static final TableName NAMESPACE_TABLE_NAME = valueOf(NamespaceDescriptor.SYSTEM_NAMESPACE_NAME_STR, "namespace"); + + /** The ACL table's name. */ + public static final TableName ACL_TABLE_NAME = + valueOf(NamespaceDescriptor.SYSTEM_NAMESPACE_NAME_STR, "_acl_"); public static final String OLD_META_STR = ".META."; public static final String OLD_ROOT_STR = "-ROOT-"; Index: hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/master/MasterStatusTmpl.jamon =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/master/MasterStatusTmpl.jamon (revision 1581247) +++ hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/master/MasterStatusTmpl.jamon (working copy) @@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ <%java>String description = null; if (tableName.equals(TableName.META_TABLE_NAME)){ description = "The hbase:meta table holds references to all User Table regions"; + } else if (tableName.equals(TableName.ACL_TABLE_NAME)){ + description = "The _acl_ table holds information about acl"; } else { description = "The .NAMESPACE. table holds information about namespaces."; }