[HIVE-6225] hive.metastore.authorization.storage.checks doesn't respect sticky bit

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: Authorization
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Casey Brotherton
• Created: 17/Jan/14 23:00
• Updated: 02/Dec/14 14:24
• Resolved: 02/Dec/14 14:24

Description

Sticky bit works on HDFS, preventing a user from removing an item created by another user in a directory with permissions of 1777.

However, Hive allows the table to be dropped even after setting hive.metastore.authorization.storage.checks to true and /user/hive/metastore to 1777

Issue Links

• incorporates: HIVE-7895 Storage based authorization should consider sticky bit for drop actions