How - Hive property setting works?

[#1]

I am looking to explore join properties in hive.

I would like to know if the setting I change in my login/session ,will affect other users too.

This is the property I am going to work:

set hive.auto.convert.join=true;

[#2 · Accepted solution]

If you just execute 

SET hive.auto.convert.join=true;

in your Hive session that will apply for the duration of your session.  Keep in mind though that this setting is set to true by default since Hive 0.11.0. 

Regards,

Alex