UserGroupInformation::createUserForTesting clobbers already defined group 
mappings
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                 Key: HADOOP-6527
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6527
             Project: Hadoop Common
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: security
            Reporter: Jakob Homan


In UserGroupInformation::createUserForTesting the follow code creates a new 
groups instance, obliterating any groups that have been previously defined in 
the static groups field.
{code}    if (!(groups instanceof TestingGroups)) {
      groups = new TestingGroups();
    }
{code}
This becomes a problem in tests that start a Mini{DFS,MR}Cluster and then 
create a testing user.  The user that started the user (generally the real user 
running the test) immediately has their groups wiped out and is prevented from 
accessing files/folders/queues they should be able to.  Before the 
UserGroupInformation.createRemoteUserForTesting, calls to userA.getGroups may 
return {"a", "b", "c"} and immediately after the new fake user is created, the 
same call will return an empty array.

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