org.apache.hadoop.security
Class ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.hadoop.security.ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping

public class ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping
extends Object

A simple shell-based implementation of GroupMappingServiceProvider that exec's the groups shell command to fetch the group memberships of a given user.


Constructor Summary
ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping()
           
 
Method Summary
 List<String> getGroups(String user)
          Get all various group memberships of a given user.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping

public ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping()
Method Detail

getGroups

public List<String> getGroups(String user)
                       throws IOException
Get all various group memberships of a given user. Returns EMPTY list in case of non-existing user

Parameters:
user - User's name
Returns:
group memberships of user
Throws:
IOException


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