[SENTRY-56] CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE on hdfs requires fully qualified URI in the command

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Ranjana Rajendran
• Reporter: Sravya Tirukkovalur
• Created: 31/Oct/13 17:39
• Updated: 11/Jul/14 23:20

Description

[roles]
dfs_uri_all = server=server1->uri=hdfs://host:port/path

These commands fail:
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE extab1(id INT) LOCATION 'hdfs:///path'
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE extab1(id INT) LOCATION '/path'

Providing the fully qualified path in the command works:
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE extab1(id INT) LOCATION 'hdfs://host:port/path'

We do document that we require fully qualified URI's in the policy file. But we do not document that users need to use fully qualified URIs in the commands.

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