You can use: ALTER TABLE {table_name} ENABLE NO_DROP; And it will keep a user from dropping the table - but it can be over ridden.
Rick On Nov 22, 2013 12:36 PM, "Echo Li" <echo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good Friday! > > I was trying to apply certain level of security in our hive data > warehouse, by modifying access mode of directories and files on hdfs to 755 > I think it's good enough for a new user to remove data, however the user > still can drop the table definition in hive cli, seems the "revoke" doesn't > help much, is there any way to prevent this? > > > Thanks, > Echo >