[jira] [Commented] (CASSANDRA-9972) Make node tool command take a password file (2.0.x)

["Dmitrii Saprykin (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Dmitrii Saprykin commented on CASSANDRA-9972:
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Could you please also patch cassandra-2.0 branch of Cassandra? I have adapted patch from parent task to it and attached Here

> Make node tool command take a password file (2.0.x)
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CASSANDRA-9972
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-9972
>             Project: Cassandra
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Dmitrii Saprykin
>            Assignee: Clément Lardeur
>            Priority: Trivial
>              Labels: nodetool
>             Fix For: 2.1 beta1
>
>         Attachments: cassandra-2.0-6660.patch, trunk-6660-v1.patch, trunk-6660-v2.patch, trunk-6660-v3.patch
>
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> We are sending the jmx password in the clear to the node tool command in production. This is a security risk. Any one doing a 'ps' can see the clear password. Can we change the node tool command to also take a password file argument. This file will list the JMX user and passwords. Example below:
> cat /cassandra/run/10003004.jmxpasswd
> monitorRole abc
> controlRole def
> Based on the user name provided, node tool can pick up the right password. 



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