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Hive: FAILED: RuntimeException Cannot make directory: file

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Error:

 Cannot make directory: file:/tmp/hive/556db67b-0771-41f8-855e-aa632ede9aae/hive_2016-03-21_14-33-29_569_1154979982369972031-1 [ERROR_STATUS]
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Super Collaborator

try this command:

chmod 777 /tmp/hive

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@prswamy t

Please check the property hive.exec.scratchdir in hive-site.xml along with permissions and user/group ownership set for it.

# grep -A 2 hive.exec.scratchdir /etc/hive/conf/hive-site.xml 

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Contributor

The error is because of the Hive server is filling up the logs in Hive node, so it is not able to create or write the file in the /var/log/hive directory.