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Couldn't load data to hive table.

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Hi 

I have created a sample table in hive and trying to loaddata using HDFS location but I am getting error that i can't move data to /user/hive/warehouse/* location. This directory owned by hive:hive and sticky bit was set for this location. So i couldn't change permissions or move data from another hdfs location to warehouse directory. Can someone help how can we loaddata manually?(Insert data row by row is working absolutely fine).

 

1) CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS testk ( name String);

2)  LOAD DATA INPATH '/user/kkr/test_hello.txt' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE testk;

 

I am seeing following error/s:

INFO : Compiling command(queryId=hive_20190206123838_18df2dde-e890-455d-ac80-baf15b2f22e3): LOAD DATA INPATH '/user/kkr/test_hello.txt' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE testk
INFO : Semantic Analysis Completed
INFO : Returning Hive schema: Schema(fieldSchemas:null, properties:null)
INFO : Completed compiling command(queryId=hive_20190206123838_18df2dde-e890-455d-ac80-baf15b2f22e3); Time taken: 0.093 seconds
INFO : Executing command(queryId=hive_20190206123838_18df2dde-e890-455d-ac80-baf15b2f22e3): LOAD DATA INPATH '/user/kkr/test_hello.txt' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE testk
INFO : Starting task [Stage-0:MOVE] in serial mode
INFO : Loading data to table ml.testk from hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt
ERROR : Failed with exception Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/ml.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
Remote Exception: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.checkFsPermission(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:279)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.check(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:260)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.check(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:240)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.checkPermission(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:165)
at org.apache.sentry.hdfs.SentryAuthorizationProvider.checkPermission(SentryAuthorizationProvider.java:194)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:152)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:3887)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkPermission(FSNamesystem.java:6797)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameToInternal(FSNamesystem.java:4048)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameToInt(FSNamesystem.java:4018)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameTo(FSNamesystem.java:3983)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.rename(NameNodeRpcServer.java:816)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.rename(AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.java:271)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.rename(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:590)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:617)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:1073)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2281)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2277)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1924)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2275)

INFO : org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/ml.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getHiveException(Hive.java:3048)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getHiveException(Hive.java:3006)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.moveFile(Hive.java:3001)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.replaceFiles(Hive.java:3302)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.loadTable(Hive.java:1761)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MoveTask.execute(MoveTask.java:314)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:214)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:99)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:2052)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1748)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1501)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1285)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1280)
at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.runQuery(SQLOperation.java:236)
at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.access$300(SQLOperation.java:89)
at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$3$1.run(SQLOperation.java:301)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1924)
at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$3.run(SQLOperation.java:314)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.checkFsPermission(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:279)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.check(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:260)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.check(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:240)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.checkPermission(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:165)
at org.apache.sentry.hdfs.SentryAuthorizationProvider.checkPermission(SentryAuthorizationProvider.java:194)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:152)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:3887)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkPermission(FSNamesystem.java:6797)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameToInternal(FSNamesystem.java:4048)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameToInt(FSNamesystem.java:4018)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameTo(FSNamesystem.java:3983)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.rename(NameNodeRpcServer.java:816)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.rename(AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.java:271)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.rename(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:590)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:617)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:1073)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2281)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2277)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1924)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2275)

at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.instantiateException(RemoteException.java:106)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.unwrapRemoteException(RemoteException.java:73)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.rename(DFSClient.java:2028)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.rename(DistributedFileSystem.java:622)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.moveFile(Hive.java:2989)
... 22 more
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException): Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.checkFsPermission(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:279)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.check(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:260)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.check(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:240)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.DefaultAuthorizationProvider.checkPermission(DefaultAuthorizationProvider.java:165)
at org.apache.sentry.hdfs.SentryAuthorizationProvider.checkPermission(SentryAuthorizationProvider.java:194)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSPermissionChecker.checkPermission(FSPermissionChecker.java:152)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.checkPermission(FSDirectory.java:3887)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkPermission(FSNamesystem.java:6797)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameToInternal(FSNamesystem.java:4048)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameToInt(FSNamesystem.java:4018)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.renameTo(FSNamesystem.java:3983)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.rename(NameNodeRpcServer.java:816)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.rename(AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.java:271)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.rename(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:590)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:617)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:1073)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2281)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2277)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1924)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2275)

at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1504)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1441)
at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Invoker.invoke(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:230)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy14.rename(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.rename(ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java:492)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invokeMethod(RetryInvocationHandler.java:258)
at org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invoke(RetryInvocationHandler.java:104)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy15.rename(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.rename(DFSClient.java:2026)
... 24 more

ERROR : FAILED: Execution Error, return code 20009 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MoveTask. Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/ml.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
INFO : Completed executing command(queryId=hive_20190206123838_18df2dde-e890-455d-ac80-baf15b2f22e3); Time taken: 0.032 seconds
Error: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 20009 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MoveTask. Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/ml.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x (state=42000,code=20009)

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Can someone let me know the possible options to load the data from HDFS location to hive table (where /user/hive/warehouse not allowing to move data or write data)?

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Is cluster kerberoized? if yes then your user should be the part of group. or you can create table and load the data using below cmd.

 

su - hdfs

 

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS testk ( name String);

LOAD DATA INPATH '/user/kkr/test_hello.txt' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE testk;

 

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ERROR : Failed with exception Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/ml.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
Remote Exception: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x

Use the following code to check the permissions. Maybe you should add more to user kkr

hadoop fs -ls /user/kkr/

 

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This error is because the user 'hive' doesn't have write access to the directory containing your data:

 

hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/ml.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
Remote Exception: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
at 

 

Why does Hive need *write* access to *read* the data? I don't know, but it does.

 

If you make the file 'test_hello.txt' world-writable that should fix the error.

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New Contributor

Here the problem is not with test_hello.txt, moreover it have 777 permission.

As i said earlier "/user/hive/warehouse/*" owned by hive:hive and sticky bit was set for that directory. So i couldn't change permissions or move data from another hdfs location to warehouse directory. Please see some of the commands which i ran to see the exact permissions and ACLs.

 

[kkr@myhost ~]$ hdfs dfs -ls /user
Found 1 items
drwxr-xr-x - kkr kkr 0 2019-02-06 09:58 /user/kkr

 

[kkr@myhost ~]$ hdfs dfs -ls /user/kkr
Found 3 items
drwx------ - kkr kkr 0 2019-02-06 15:00 /user/kkr/.Trash
drwx------ - kkr kkr 0 2019-01-30 15:20 /user/kkr/.staging
-rwxrwxrwx 3 kkr kkr 7 2019-01-16 11:33 /user/kkr/test_hello.txt

 

[kkr@myhost ~]$ hdfs dfs -cat /user/kkr/test_hello.txt
Hello

 

[kkr@myhost ~]$ hdfs dfs -ls hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/test.db/
Found 2 items
drwxrwx--x+ - hive hive 0 2018-08-24 16:53 hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/test.db/test1
drwxrwx--x+ - hive hive 0 2019-02-19 16:26 hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/test.db/testk

 

[kkr@myhost ~]$ hdfs dfs -getfacl /user/hive
# file: /user/hive
# owner: hive
# group: hive
# flags: --t
user::rwx
group::rwx
other::r-x

 

/////beeline//////////

0: jdbc:hive2://myhost> show databases;
+-----------------+--+
| database_name |
+-----------------+--+
| ltc |
| test |
+-----------------+--+
2 rows selected (0.181 seconds)

 

0: jdbc:hive2://myhost> use test;
No rows affected (0.091 seconds)

 

0: jdbc:hive2://myhost> show tables;
+-----------------+--+
| tab_name |
+-----------------+--+
| test1 |
+-----------------+--+
1 rows selected (0.161 seconds)

 

0: jdbc:hive2://myhost> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS testK (userid STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
INFO : OK

 

0: jdbc:hive2://myhost> show tables;
+-----------------+--+
| tab_name |
+-----------------+--+
| test1 |
| testk |
+-----------------+--+
2 rows selected (0.174 seconds)

 

0: jdbc:hive2://myhost> describe testk;
INFO : OK
+-----------+------------+----------+--+
| col_name | data_type | comment |
+-----------+------------+----------+--+
| userid | string | |
+-----------+------------+----------+--+
1 row selected (0.163 seconds)

 

0: jdbc:hive2://myhost> LOAD DATA INPATH 'hdfs:/user/kkr/test_hello.txt' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE testK;
.
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INFO : Loading data to table test.testk from hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt
ERROR : Failed with exception Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/test.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
Remote Exception: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
.
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INFO : org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/test.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
.
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Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
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Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException): Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
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ERROR : FAILED: Execution Error, return code 20009 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MoveTask. Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/test.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x
INFO : Completed executing command(queryId=hive_20190219165454_8fc3d09c-e085-45fd-9866-184a0699647c); Time taken: 0.046 seconds
Error: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 20009 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MoveTask. Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://nameservice1/user/kkr/test_hello.txt to destination hdfs://nameservice1/user/hive/warehouse/test.db/testk/test_hello.txt: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/kkr":kkr:kkr:drwxr-xr-x (state=42000,code=20009)

No rows affected (0.213 seconds)

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New Contributor

I found the solution for this issue. we can resolve the issue in following two ways.

1) we have to setfacl for 'rwx' permission for the directory from where we loading the data.

 

Or

2) give 777 access permission for the directory from where we loading the data.

 

Option1 is safer because only hive user have 'rwx' permission. In second option all the hdfs users will have 'rwx' permissions.