Is there the possibility to protect Init script folder on DBFS

[MarcoData01]

Hi everyone,

We are looking for a way to protect the folder where init script is hosted from editing.

This because we have implemented inside init script a parameter that blocks the download file from R Studio APP Emulator and we would like to avoid that any user edit it.

Is there a way to reach this goal?

thanks so much

[Hubert-Dudek]

I think the only solution is to use a global init script. Then, only the admin can edit the Global init setting, and you can paste your code there so it will not be on file on dbfs.

[Prabakar]

Yes, the only option is to use the global init script as it is restricted to admins. But it will run on all clusters even if it doesn't require R studio. 😐

[MarcoData01]

exact, we'd like to avoid install R Emulator on all clusters

[Hubert-Dudek]

so you can consider having a separate Databricks workspace (set-up) for R servers (hive metastore and mounts can be shared)

[MarcoData01 · Accepted solution]

we have solved using global init script but in another way. We have write a script that overwrite the init script on DBFS.

So if someone edit the script at new restart this will be owerwritten by the original.

It's a workaround but it works and we don' t have to install R Studio on all clusters.

[Anonymous]

Hi @Marco Data​ 

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