I may try to code a fix for this as it seems like the easiest cassandra ticket I could image (and my Java is a little rusty :) )
How about changing the format of the access.properties file to something like Keyspace1=jsmith:FULL,Elvis Presley:READ,dilbert:READWRITE If no access level specified default to READWRITE. Would that be ok ? Aaron Let me On 23 Aug 2010, at 11:13, Mark wrote: > On 8/21/10 4:36 PM, Benjamin Black wrote: >> For reference, I learned this from reading the source: >> thrift/CassandraServer.java >> >> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Mark<static.void....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Is there anyway to remove drop column family/keyspace privileges? >>> > It seems that SimpleAuthenticator out of box is all or nothing with > privileges... ie NONE or FULL. Is there a place I can define roles and/or > readonly accounts? If not I am guessing I will just have to roll out my own > Authenticator I guess?