Hi, Udit
Unfortunately, users need the write permission to the folder to create
external tables. Some current administrators may rely on the specification.
It was discussed in HIVE-12231 and HIVE-12232. But in my opinion, it makes
sense to let users create external tables if they have the read per
if your only problem with #2 is the issue of creating the external table, you
should be able to throw together a script running as a more privileged user
that could handle the task of creating the external table. Once the table is
created, the user should be able to access the read-only data.
Hi there,
Depending on your distribution you may need to look at tools like Ranger or
Sentry, which should extend the model to meet your needs.
Regards,
Andrew
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Udit Mehta < ume...@groupon.com
[ume...@groupon.com] > wrote:
Hi all,
I wanted to understand wha
