Same problem happened with me [root@ukfhbda1-db01 ~]# klist Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0 Default principal: oracle@GDC.LOCAL Valid starting Expires Service principal 12/13/18 12:39:27 12/14/18 12:39:27 krbtgt/GDC.LOCAL@GDC.LOCAL renew until 12/20/18 12:39:27 [root@ukfhbda1-db01 ~]# [root@ukfhbda1-db01 ~]# beeline Beeline version 1.1.0-cdh5.14.2 by Apache Hive beeline> !connect 'jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000/default;principal=hive/_HOST@GDC.LOCAL' scan complete in 2ms Connecting to jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000/default;principal=hive/_HOST@GDC.LOCAL Connected to: Apache Hive (version 1.1.0-cdh5.14.2) Driver: Hive JDBC (version 1.1.0-cdh5.14.2) Transaction isolation: TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ 0: jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000> oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .> Experian123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .> create role admin_role; Error: Error while compiling statement: FAILED: ParseException line 1:0 cannot recognize input near 'oracle' 'Experian123' 'create' (state=42000,code=40000) 0: jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000> 0: jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000> 0: jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000> Closing: 0: jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000/default;principal=hive/_HOST@GDC.LOCAL [root@ukfhbda1-db01 ~]# su - oracle [oracle@ukfhbda1-db01 ~]$ beeline Beeline version 1.1.0-cdh5.14.2 by Apache Hive beeline> !connect 'jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000/default;principal=hive/_HOST@GDC.LOCAL' scan complete in 2ms Connecting to jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000/default;principal=hive/_HOST@GDC.LOCAL Connected to: Apache Hive (version 1.1.0-cdh5.14.2) Driver: Hive JDBC (version 1.1.0-cdh5.14.2) Transaction isolation: TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ 0: jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000> create role admin_role; INFO : Compiling command(queryId=hive_20181213140707_3023a4fb-b861-469a-b271-f69482c8dd34): create role admin_role INFO : Semantic Analysis Completed INFO : Returning Hive schema: Schema(fieldSchemas:null, properties:null) INFO : Completed compiling command(queryId=hive_20181213140707_3023a4fb-b861-469a-b271-f69482c8dd34); Time taken: 0.115 seconds INFO : Executing command(queryId=hive_20181213140707_3023a4fb-b861-469a-b271-f69482c8dd34): create role admin_role INFO : Starting task [Stage-0:DDL] in serial mode ERROR : Error processing Sentry command: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused). ERROR : FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.SentryGrantRevokeTask. SentryUserException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) INFO : Completed executing command(queryId=hive_20181213140707_3023a4fb-b861-469a-b271-f69482c8dd34); Time taken: 15.015 seconds Error: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.SentryGrantRevokeTask. SentryUserException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) (state=08S01,code=1) 0: jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000> grant role admin_role to group hive; INFO : Compiling command(queryId=hive_20181213141212_24f592d7-adcf-4a91-8d15-aa46a7220138): grant role admin_role to group hive INFO : Semantic Analysis Completed INFO : Returning Hive schema: Schema(fieldSchemas:null, properties:null) INFO : Completed compiling command(queryId=hive_20181213141212_24f592d7-adcf-4a91-8d15-aa46a7220138); Time taken: 0.172 seconds INFO : Executing command(queryId=hive_20181213141212_24f592d7-adcf-4a91-8d15-aa46a7220138): grant role admin_role to group hive INFO : Starting task [Stage-0:DDL] in serial mode ERROR : Error processing Sentry command: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused). ERROR : FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.SentryGrantRevokeTask. SentryUserException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) INFO : Completed executing command(queryId=hive_20181213141212_24f592d7-adcf-4a91-8d15-aa46a7220138); Time taken: 15.014 seconds Error: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.SentryGrantRevokeTask. SentryUserException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) (state=08S01,code=1) 0: jdbc:hive2://ukfhbda1-db04.gdc.local:10000> grant all on server server1 to role admin_role; INFO : Compiling command(queryId=hive_20181213141212_08a3e86b-4c85-4ed5-ae99-9c22ca937130): grant all on server server1 to role admin_role INFO : Semantic Analysis Completed INFO : Returning Hive schema: Schema(fieldSchemas:null, properties:null) INFO : Completed compiling command(queryId=hive_20181213141212_08a3e86b-4c85-4ed5-ae99-9c22ca937130); Time taken: 0.079 seconds INFO : Executing command(queryId=hive_20181213141212_08a3e86b-4c85-4ed5-ae99-9c22ca937130): grant all on server server1 to role admin_role INFO : Starting task [Stage-0:DDL] in serial mode ERROR : Error processing Sentry command: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused). ERROR : FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.SentryGrantRevokeTask. SentryUserException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) INFO : Completed executing command(queryId=hive_20181213141212_08a3e86b-4c85-4ed5-ae99-9c22ca937130); Time taken: 15.014 seconds Error: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.SentryGrantRevokeTask. SentryUserException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) (state=08S01,code=1)     ... View more