Index: service/src/java/org/apache/hive/service/server/HiveServer2.java =================================================================== --- service/src/java/org/apache/hive/service/server/HiveServer2.java (revision 1558235) +++ service/src/java/org/apache/hive/service/server/HiveServer2.java (working copy) @@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ //NOTE: It is critical to do this here so that log4j is reinitialized // before any of the other core hive classes are loaded - LogUtils.initHiveLog4j(); - + String initLog4jMessage = LogUtils.initHiveLog4j(); + LOG.debug(initLog4jMessage); + HiveStringUtils.startupShutdownMessage(HiveServer2.class, args, LOG); //log debug message from "oproc" after log4j initialize properly LOG.debug(oproc.getDebugMessage().toString());