Solution is here:   https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Batch-SQL-Apache-Hive/Sentry-doesn-t-seem-to-work-with-LDAP-CDH-5-3/m-p/23721#M508     In not using LDAP or Kerberos because I'm just doing a proof of concept so I have to enable a special propertie. ... View more

@hparteaga   The correct way is 1. In Cloudera manager -> Add Sentry Service and make sure it has Hue 2. Login to Hue -> Go to Security Menu -> it will have sub menu called either Sentry table (or) Hive table. The below link will explain why either sentry table or hive table. Use this option to set the db, table, column level authentication     http://community.cloudera.com/t5/Security-Apache-Sentry/Hive-Tables-instead-Sentry-Tables/m-p/48740#M190 ... View more