PREHOOK: query: -- current user has been set (comment line before the set cmd is resulting in parse error!!) CREATE TABLE table_priv_gfail1(i int) PREHOOK: type: CREATETABLE PREHOOK: Output: database:default PREHOOK: Output: default@table_priv_gfail1 POSTHOOK: query: -- current user has been set (comment line before the set cmd is resulting in parse error!!) CREATE TABLE table_priv_gfail1(i int) POSTHOOK: type: CREATETABLE POSTHOOK: Output: database:default POSTHOOK: Output: default@table_priv_gfail1 PREHOOK: query: -- try grant insert to user3 as user2 GRANT INSERT ON table_priv_gfail1 TO USER user3 PREHOOK: type: GRANT_PRIVILEGE PREHOOK: Output: default@table_priv_gfail1 FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. Permission denied: Principal [name=user2, type=USER] does not have following privileges for operation GRANT_PRIVILEGE [[INSERT with grant] on Object [type=TABLE_OR_VIEW, name=default.table_priv_gfail1]]