org.apache.accumulo.core.security
Class SecurityUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.accumulo.core.security.SecurityUtil

public class SecurityUtil
extends Object

Field Summary

static boolean

usingKerberos

Constructor Summary

SecurityUtil()

Method Summary

static boolean	login(String principalConfig, String keyTabPath) This will log in the given user in kerberos.
static void	serverLogin() This method is for logging a server in kerberos.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

usingKerberos

public static boolean usingKerberos

Constructor Detail

SecurityUtil

public SecurityUtil()

Method Detail

serverLogin

public static void serverLogin()

This method is for logging a server in kerberos. If this is used in client code, it will fail unless run as the accumulo keytab's owner. Instead, use login(String, String)

login

public static boolean login(String principalConfig,
                            String keyTabPath)

This will log in the given user in kerberos.

Parameters:

principalConfig - This is the principals name in the format NAME/HOST@REALM. SecurityUtil.HOSTNAME_PATTERN will automatically be replaced by the systems host name.

keyTabPath -

Returns:

true if login succeeded, otherwise false