I finaly solved the problem!   probably was a problem of creating tables on mysql.   to solve this error:   Error: Index column size too large. The maximum column size is 767 bytes   It's necessary to create the sentry tables using ROW_FORMAT = DYNAMIC. In the cloudera version CDH 5.7.1.1 in the scritps  /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.7.1-1.cdh5.7.1.p0.11/lib/sentry/scripts/sentrystore/upgrade/sentry-mysql-1.5.0.sql the ROW_FORMAT option is omitted, the default is COMPACT.   I must use the scripts of version CDH 5.7.0.1 /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.7.0-1.cdh5.7.0.p1464.1349/lib/sentry/scripts/sentrystore/upgrade/sentry-mysql-1.5.0.sql where the option ROW_FORMAT = DYNAMIC is explicit.   With this script i created correctly the sentry table. After I restart the service i have created the role on HUE and beeline without any problem.   My only  doubt is, why cdh 5.7.1.1 doesn't contain the option ROW_FORMAT?   ... View more