Authorization in Hadoop
Authorization involves restricting access to resources. Hadoop provides authorization for both HDFS and all Hadoop services. In this section, we will look at how authorization can be enabled in Hadoop to secure shared resources against illegitimate access.
Authorization in HDFS
The HDFS authorization model is very similar to the authorization model in a POSIX system. In POSIX, each resource—files and directories—is associated with an owner user and a group. HDFS is similar to this. Permissions are given to each of these identities separately. There are separate permissions for:
- The owner of the resource
- The users of the group that are associated with the resource
- All other users within the system
There are two permissions levels, ...
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