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Jerry Chi edited comment on HIVE-7139 at 3/30/18 1:46 AM: ---------------------------------------------------------- Is there really no planned fix or workaround for this? Thanks! If there is no planned fix, then shouldn't user names containing periods be banned in the first place? was (Author: jerrychi): Is there really no planned fix or workaround for this? Thanks! > Period in username can't be parsed > ---------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-7139 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-7139 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Authentication > Affects Versions: 0.13.0 > Reporter: Andrew Musselman > Priority: Minor > > We have an environment where usernames have period characters between their > first and last names. > This breaks parsing while trying to grant permissions, e.g., > hive> grant all on database mydb to user first.last; > FAILED: ParseException line 1:40 missing EOF at '.' near 'first' -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)