[HIVE-255] User name is not propagated correctly when a hive server or a web client is issuing hive queries.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.3.0
• Component/s: Clients
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed

Release Note

HIVE-255. Propagate user name from hadoop.job.ugi to Hive metastore. (Prasad Chakka via zshao)

• Assignee: Prasad Chakka
• Reporter: Prasad Chakka
• Created: 28/Jan/09 02:51
• Updated: 17/Dec/11 00:08
• Resolved: 09/Feb/09 05:04

Description

Hive should use the parameter set in hadoop.job.ugi config value instead of user.name which gets overwritten during job submission. Otherwise clients have to set both user.name and hadoop.job.ugi which is clunky.