[HCATALOG-141] drop database fails in unsecure mode with permission denied error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.2
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Thejas Nair
• Created: 24/Oct/11 21:06
• Updated: 15/Dec/11 00:30

Description

hcat user is the user hcat server is running as. The db dir got created using that username instead of the user who invoked the command. But the 'drop database' command still fails.

$ hadoop fs -ls /user/hortonth/dbdir/|grep testdb
Warning: $HADOOP_HOME is deprecated.

drwx------   - hcat supergroup          0 2011-10-24 20:58 /user/hortonth/dbdir/testdb.db

$ hcat    -e 'drop database testdb;'
Hive history file=/tmp/hortonth/hive_job_log_hortonth_201110242105_891466409.txt
FAILED: Error in semantic analysis: org.apache.hcatalog.common.HCatException : 3000 : Permission denied

Issue Links

• is superceded by: HCATALOG-181 Test for passing remote user identity in unsecure mode