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[DOCFIX] Improve security doc
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pr-link: #13534
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jiacheliu3 committed Jun 3, 2021
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the user group mapping is cached, with an expiration period configured by the
`alluxio.security.group.mapping.cache.timeout` property, with a default value of `60s`.
If set to a value of `0`, the caching is disabled.
If the cache timeout is too low or disabled, the `groups` command will be run very frequently, but
If the cache timeout is too low or disabled, the `groups` command will be run very frequently, and
may increase latency for operations.
If the cache timeout is too high, the `groups` command will not be run frequently, but the cached
results may become stale.
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The super user is the operating system user executing the Alluxio master process.
The `alluxio.security.authorization.permission.supergroup` property defines a super group.
Any additional operating system users belong to this operating system group are also super users.
The default value is `supergroup`.

### Initialized directory and file permissions

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Alluxio client user is configured to be `yarn`. This means any data interactions will be attributed
to user `yarn`. With client-side Hadoop impersonation, the Alluxio client will detect the Hadoop
client user is `foo`, and then connect to Alluxio servers as user `yarn` impersonating as user
`foo`. With this impersonation, the data interactions will be attributed to user foo.
`foo`. With this impersonation, the data interactions will be attributed to user `foo`.

This feature is only applicable when using the hadoop compatible client to access Alluxio.

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client will interact with Alluxio servers as the Alluxio client user.
If the property is set to `_HDFS_USER_`, the Alluxio client will connect to Alluxio servers as the
Alluxio client user, but impersonate as the Hadoop client user when using the Hadoop compatible
client.
client. The default value is `_HDFS_USER_`.

### Exceptions

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