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Tom Kiefer commented on HIVE-9020: ---------------------------------- [~cwsteinbach], can it (or its equivalent, if the underlying code has otherwise changed) be? This appears to still be a valid and problematic issue. > When dropping external tables, Hive should not verify whether user has access > to the data. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-9020 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-9020 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.13.1 > Reporter: Anant Nag > Priority: Major > Attachments: dropExternal.patch > > > When dropping tables, hive verifies whether the user has access to the data > on hdfs. It fails, if user doesn't have access. It makes sense for internal > tables since the data has to be deleted when dropping internal tables but for > external tables, Hive should not check for data access. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)