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Thejas M Nair commented on HIVE-8408: ------------------------------------- The stack trace - {noformat} ERROR [main]: ql.Driver (SessionState.java:printError(825)) - FAILED: SemanticException org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException: java.lang.NullPointerException org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzer.postAnalyze(HCatSemanticAnalyzer.java:266) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:418) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:303) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compileInternal(Driver.java:1067) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1129) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1004) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:994) at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatDriver.run(HCatDriver.java:43) at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatCli.processCmd(HCatCli.java:291) at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatCli.processLine(HCatCli.java:245) at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatCli.main(HCatCli.java:183) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136) Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.authorizeDDL(HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.java:114) at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzer.postAnalyze(HCatSemanticAnalyzer.java:261) ... 16 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.authorize(HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.java:139) at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzer.authorizeDDLWork(HCatSemanticAnalyzer.java:324) at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.authorizeDDL(HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.java:105) ... 17 more {noformat} > hcat cli throws NPE when authorizer using new api is enabled > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-8408 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-8408 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Thejas M Nair > Assignee: Thejas M Nair > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 0.14.0 > > > Hcat cli tries to authorize actions using the authorizer configured for > hive-cli. When authorizer based on new authorization interface is used, it > throws a NPE as it checks only for the old api based authorization > implementation. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)