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Owen O'Malley commented on HADOOP-6457: --------------------------------------- Also note that this isn't going to be compatible with security for obvious reasons. If you look at the patches that I've uploaded on HADOOP-6299, you'll see that we are moving toward using the JAAS interface for getting the user. Can you explain more of what you are trying to accomplish? > Set Hadoop User/Group by System properties or environment variables > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-6457 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6457 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: security > Reporter: issei yoshida > Attachments: 6457.patch > > > Hadoop User/Group can be set by System properties or environment variables. > For example, in environment variables, > export HADOOP_USER=test > export HADOOP_GROUP=user > or in your MapReduce, > System.setProperty("hadoop.user.name", "test"); > System.setProperty("hadoop.group.name", "user"); -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.