question Re: Hive Service won't start (HiveMetaStore [main]: org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: java.io.IOException: Login failure for hive/xxxx.sys.xxxx.net@REALM.NET from keytab hive.keytab: javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: Client not found in Kerberos database ) in Support Questions https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Hive-Service-won-t-start-LoginException-Client-not-found-in/m-p/269490#M206878 Does Hive use this keytab file: /etc/security/keytabs/hive.service.keytab?<BR /><BR />I can see klist complained that the file was not found:<BR />klist: Key table file '/etc/security/keytabs/hive.service.keytab' not found while starting keytab scan<BR /><BR />Can you please confirm the permission of the file?<BR /><BR />ls -al /etc/security/keytabs/hive.service.keytab<BR /><BR />Cheers<BR />Eric Sun, 01 Sep 2019 04:18:05 GMT EricL 2019-09-01T04:18:05Z