The Accumulo shell allows you to change the root user’s password after installation.
Changing the password is recommended if a custom password was not set for the root user
during installation because using the default password can lead to security
issues.
You can run the Accumulo shell on server hosts and hosts that have the Gateway role
in your cluster.
By default, in an unsecure Accumulo on CDP service, the user root is
created and assigned the password secret. If you did not set a
different password during installation, Cloudera recommends that you change the root
user password.
Have an unsecure Accumulo on CDP service added to your cluster.
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Launch the Accumulo shell for the default root user.
$ accumulo shell -u root
Password: ******
Shell - Apache Accumulo Interactive Shell
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- version: [***ACCUMULO VERSION NUMBER***]
- instance name: [***ACCUMULO INSTANCE NAME***]
- instance id: [***ACCUMULO INSTANCE ID***]
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- type 'help' for a list of available commands
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root@accumulo>
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Use the
passwd command to set a new password for the root
user.
root@accumulo> passwd
Enter current password for 'root': ******
Enter new password for 'root': *********
Please confirm new password for 'root': *********
root@accumulo>
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Relaunch the shell with this new password.
root@accumulo> exit
$ accumulo shell -u root
Password: ******
Shell - Apache Accumulo Interactive Shell
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- version: [***ACCUMULO VERSION NUMBER***]
- instance name: [***ACCUMULO INSTANCE NAME***]
- instance id: [***ACCUMULO INSTANCE ID***]
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- type 'help' for a list of available commands
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root@accumulo>
