Using User Name

This authentication mechanism requires a user name but does not require a password. The user name labels the session, facilitating database tracking.

This authentication mechanism is available only for Spark Thrift Server on non-HDInsight distributions. Most default configurations of require User Name authentication. When you use User Name authentication, SSL is not supported and SASL is the only Thrift transport protocol available.

To configure User Name authentication:

1. Set the AuthMech connection attribute to 2.
2. Set the UID attribute to an appropriate user name for accessing the Spark server.