https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Error-starting-HIVE-metastore/m-p/209322#M171276 <P>No. I don't think so. And I don't recall that I created user for mysql during Ambari installation process</P><PRE>root@msl-dpe-perf74:~# mysql -u hive -passWord hive -h msl-dpe-perf74.msl.lab mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure. ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'msl-dpe-perf74.msl.lab' (111)</PRE> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 02:25:25 GMT harry_li 2018-08-02T02:25:25Z