Re: Implement directory/table level access control in HDFS

HDFS-5126 has been created for HDFS user impersonation, and I will develop a prototype in a few weeks Thanks, Erik.fang On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Erik fang wrote: > Hi folks, > > > HDFS has a POSIX-like permission model, using R,W,X an

Implement directory/table level access control in HDFS

Hi folks, HDFS has a POSIX-like permission model, using R,W,X and owner, group, other for access control. It is good most of the time, except for: 1. Data need to be shared among users group can be used for access control, and the users has to be in the same GROUP as the data. the GROUP here st