@yagoaparecidoti It looks like this particular user does not have permission to connect to HMS. You can add this user or put "*" under this configuration : CM->Hive->Configuration->Search "hive_proxy_user_groups_list" And then restart hive and then run "show databases" . Another possibility could be that it is not able to locate hive-site.xml on the node required to connect to Hive Metastore.   ... View more