You can setup Kerberos for HDFS or even the whole Hadoop. The link http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.0.8.0/bk_installing_manually_book/content/rpm-chap14.html contains detailed setup steps.
Thanks, -Jing On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Pinak Pani <nishant.has.a.quest...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does HDFS provide any build in authentication out of the box? I wanted to > make explicit access to HDFS from Java. I wanted people to access HDFS using > "username:password@hdfs://client.skynet.org:9000/user/data" or something > like that. > > I am new to Hadoop. We are planning to use Hadoop mainly for Archiving and > probably processing at a later time. The idea is customers can setup their > own HDFS cluster and provide us the HDFS URL to dump the data to. > > Is it possible to have access to HDFS in a similar way we access databases > using credential? > > Thanks. -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank You.
