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[jira] [Created] (HADOOP-15325) Add an option to make Configuration.getPassword() not to fallback to read passwords from configuration.

Wei-Chiu Chuang created HADOOP-15325:
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             Summary: Add an option to make Configuration.getPassword() not to fallback to read passwords from configuration.
                 Key: HADOOP-15325
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-15325
             Project: Hadoop Common
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: conf
    Affects Versions: 2.6.0
            Reporter: Wei-Chiu Chuang
            Assignee: Wei-Chiu Chuang


HADOOP-10607 added a public API Configuration.getPassword() which reads passwords from credential provider and then falls back to reading from configuration if one is not available.

This API has been used throughout Hadoop codebase and downstream applications. It is understandable for old password configuration keys to fallback to configuration to maintain backward compatibility. But for new configuration passwords that don't have legacy, there should be an option to _not_ fallback, because storing passwords in configuration is considered a bad security practice.



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