> On Dec. 13, 2015, 2:29 p.m., Robert Levas wrote:
> > ambari-server/src/main/python/ambari_server/setupSecurity.py, line 745
> > <https://reviews.apache.org/r/41329/diff/1/?file=1161936#file1161936line745>
> >
> >     This will create a security issue since the master key will be visible 
> > in the environment. For example 'cat/proc/PID/environ'.
> 
> Andrew Onischuk wrote:
>     Robert, 
>     cat/proc/PID/environ cat be done only by user running the server. If 
> someone has access to that user he can just get the value from the file or do 
> anything else with ambari-server.
>     
>     Maybe you're rt and there is a security risk to this. But the reality is 
> that all ambari-server java logic relies on reading this value from 
> environment and we change that (not sure to what) this will be really risky 
> for Ambari-2.2 I'll create a ticket so we can discuss it for the next release.
>     
>     Is that ok with you, Robert?

ok.  Good point.  Let's drop this issue.


- Robert


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On Dec. 13, 2015, 2:31 p.m., Andrew Onischuk wrote:
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> (Updated Dec. 13, 2015, 2:31 p.m.)
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> 
> Review request for Ambari, Mahadev Konar and Robert Levas.
> 
> 
> Bugs: AMBARI-14363
>     https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-14363
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> Repository: ambari
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> Description
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> .
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> 
> Diffs
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>   
> ambari-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ambari/server/security/encryption/CredentialStoreServiceImpl.java
>  fe14004 
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> ambari-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ambari/server/security/encryption/MasterKeyServiceImpl.java
>  759fd8e 
>   ambari-server/src/main/python/ambari_server/setupSecurity.py 19febcf 
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> Diff: https://reviews.apache.org/r/41329/diff/
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> 
> Testing
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> 
> mvn clean test
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew Onischuk
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