Greetings,   This describes the issue you are having. It is a combination of beeline and Sentry security causing this.   http://wp.huangshiyang.com/add-jar-command-throws-insufficient-privileges-to-execute-add-exception-even-for-admin-role   https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SENTRY-147   The work around we have found was to use the deprecated hive command line (not beeline) which still appears to work with Kerberos and CDH 5.8.2 (latest released).   The "supported" solution is in the first link I put up, basically all users must give the JAR files for Hive UDFs to an admin that can put them in a location that is accessible by all users and whitelisted from Sentry security. ... View more