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Subject: [GitHub] accumulo pull request #151: ACCUMULO-3626: Reset security should warn and re...
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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:14:13 +0000 (UTC)
archived-at: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:14:15 -0000

Github user ctubbsii commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/151#discussion_r78792461
  
    --- Diff: server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/init/Initialize.java ---
    @@ -762,6 +764,17 @@ public void execute(final String[] args) {
           if (opts.resetSecurity) {
             AccumuloServerContext context = new AccumuloServerContext(new ServerConfigurationFactory(HdfsZooInstance.getInstance()));
             if (isInitialized(fs)) {
    +          if (!opts.forceResetSecurity) {
    +            String secret = acuConf.get(Property.INSTANCE_SECRET);
    +            ConsoleReader c = getConsoleReader();
    +            String userEnteredSecret = c.readLine("WARNING: This will remove all users from Accumulo! If you wish to proceed enter the instance secret: ", '*');
    --- End diff --
    
    The prompt for the secret is similar to how GitHub asks you to type the name of the repo, to be sure you really want to delete it. It's not a security check. The user running this command already needs access to the server configuration file containing the secret. It's just a sanity check. Instead of the secret, it could prompt for the instance name or ID.


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