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Re: Documentation: Ranger policy json example inco...

by Explorer in Support Questions
‎03-06-2017 12:49 PM
‎03-06-2017 12:49 PM
Thanks @Deepak Sharma. We are using HDP 2.4. Documentation has no mention of v2 api. ... View more

Documentation: Ranger policy json example incorrec...

by Explorer in Support Questions
‎03-06-2017 11:58 AM
‎03-06-2017 11:58 AM
The Create Policy Json request example given for HDFS and Hive seems to be incorrect. This applies to both 2.4 and 2.5 documentation. https://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.3/bk_Security_Guide/content/ranger_rest_api_create_policy.html http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.5.0/bk_security/content/ranger_rest_api_create_policy.html 1) The HDFS example request json lists "SELECT", "UPDATE" .. as permissions for hdfs resources which is wrong. HDFS resources has only "read","write","execute".. as allowed permissions. 2) The Hive example request json lists "Select", "Update"... as permissions with uppercase starting letter. This is not working. It works only when these are given in all lower case like "select", "update"... ... View more
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Re: Ranger Policy change not affecting behavior

by Explorer in Support Questions
‎09-27-2016 10:15 AM
‎09-27-2016 10:15 AM
I have encountered the same issue. After specifying the first user "it1" as "Delegating admin", managing grant/revokes worked. I guess, a better policy would be to create a admin user "hive_admin" and delegate all admin activities to this user. ... View more
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