This issue was resolved by following the instructions in this site: http://vijayjt.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-to-connect-to-kerberised-chd-hadoop.html   We need to copy the Java JCE unlimited strength policy files and the krb5.conf file under jdk/jre/lib/security folder where SQL Developer is installed. After this the Hive connection via Kerberos was successful. ... View more