User Impersonation

Introduction

This topic provides details about the Gathr Impersonation feature for CDP 7.1.8 version.

Impersonation in Kerberized Cluster is a security feature that allows one user (the “superuser”) to perform actions on behalf of another user. This is typically used in multi-tenant environments where certain users have elevated privileges and can act as other users for specific tasks.

Prerequisites

Cloudera Manager Configuration

The admin is required to make the changes in Cloudera Manager.

The following configuration should be done under HDFS -> Configuration (core-site.xml) section:

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Instead of * you can use specific host, user, group based on the business requirements.