For your second use case, there is another config : *hive.limit.query.max.table.partition* set it to number of partitions you want to allow in a query.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 5:01 AM, Smit Shah <who...@gmail.com> wrote: > hive.mapred.mode = strict is what I need but I want them to restrict to > only one particular index and that too inside a particular max range. I > think hive hooks seems like what I need but my problem is anyone can > override the config in the session. > > So if someone discovers that its enforced using postAnalyze hook, then he > can disable it. > > Is there a way around this? or my only option is to patch at hive server > code? > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Sathi Chowdhury < > sathi.chowdh...@lithium.com> wrote: > >> hive.exec.dynamic.partition.mode=strict ,seems does the same thing. >> >> >> From: Ashutosh Chauhan >> Reply-To: "user@hive.apache.org" >> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 1:48 PM >> To: "user@hive.apache.org" >> Subject: Re: Force users to specify partition indexes in queries >> >> set hive.mapred.mode = strict; >> This will fail query if query doesnt specify filter containing >> partitioning column. >> >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Smit Shah <who...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> We have exposed hive console to our org via command line and through Hue >>> ui. However, we are currently facing issues when user runs a blanket select >>> or insert query from table without specifying partition indexes. >>> >>> I wanted to know if its possible to enforce users to provide partition >>> index in queries or fail otherwise. (Our partition indexes are date and >>> time). Also, if that's possible we also want to restrict the range of date >>> to 2 days so no malicious user can effect the cluster availability by >>> querying for months worth of data. >>> >>> >>> If this is not doable in Hive at the moment, I am interested in writing >>> a patch for it. I am not familiar with hive codebase so not sure how >>> complex this is. Any hints or tips would be great and if I do need to write >>> such a patch, I would be happy to contribute back to the source. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Smit >>> >> >> >