[jira] [Commented] (HIVE-14100) current_user() returns invalid information

[Peter Vary (JIRA)]

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Peter Vary commented on HIVE-14100:
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The description states (current_user() - Returns current user name | 
SessionState *UserFromAuthenticator*), but when using 
HadoopDefaultAuthentication, it returns the unix username running the 
hiveserver2 process.

[~apivovarov] What was the original intention of the current_user()? Should it 
return the user used for the background process authentication 
(UserFromAuthenticator), or the user used to authenticate the connection 
(SessionState.get().getUserName())?

Thanks,
Peter

> current_user() returns invalid information
> ------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-14100
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-14100
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Authentication, Beeline
>            Reporter: Peter Vary
>            Priority: Minor
>
> Using HadoopDeaultAuthenticator the current_user() returns the username of 
> the unix user running hiveservice2.
> Using SessionStateAuthenticator the current_user returns the username which 
> is provided when the connection started.



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