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Zhihong Yu commented on HBASE-5371: ----------------------------------- If Andy gives green light to addendum, I will apply the addendum to TRUNK and HBASE-5371_v3-noprefix.patch + addendum to 0.92 branch. > Introduce AccessControllerProtocol.checkPermissions(Permission[] permissons) > API > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-5371 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5371 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: security > Affects Versions: 0.94.0, 0.92.1 > Reporter: Enis Soztutar > Assignee: Enis Soztutar > Fix For: 0.94.0 > > Attachments: HBASE-5371-addendum_v1.patch, HBASE-5371_v2.patch, > HBASE-5371_v3-noprefix.patch, HBASE-5371_v3.patch > > > We need to introduce something like > AccessControllerProtocol.checkPermissions(Permission[] permissions) API, so > that clients can check access rights before carrying out the operations. We > need this kind of operation for HCATALOG-245, which introduces authorization > providers for hbase over hcat. We cannot use getUserPermissions() since it > requires ADMIN permissions on the global/table level. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira