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Arun Suresh commented on HDFS-5796: ----------------------------------- [~aw], I just updated HADOOP-11702 to remove the file reading logic from {{AuthenticationFilterInitializer}}. This is not required as the {{AuthenticationFilter}} that it adds already instantiates the {{StringSignerSecretProvider}} that will read the file. bq. ..we can use the SignerSecretProvider without breaking backward compatibility since it uses a different configuration property. Think im missing something.. why do you say it uses a different property ? > The file system browser in the namenode UI requires SPNEGO. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-5796 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-5796 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.5.0 > Reporter: Kihwal Lee > Assignee: Ryan Sasson > Priority: Blocker > Attachments: HDFS-5796.1.patch, HDFS-5796.1.patch, HDFS-5796.2.patch, > HDFS-5796.3.patch, HDFS-5796.3.patch, HDFS-5796.4.patch > > > After HDFS-5382, the browser makes webhdfs REST calls directly, requiring > SPNEGO to work between user's browser and namenode. This won't work if the > cluster's security infrastructure is isolated from the regular network. > Moreover, SPNEGO is not supposed to be required for user-facing web pages. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)