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
>>>
>>
>>
>

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