Hi , Hadoop version - 2.9.2 Apache hive - 2.3.5 Operating system - Windows10 I installed Hadoop and hive in my Windows machine and it works fine for NOSASL (hive site.xml) <property> <name>hive.server2.authentication</name> <value>NOSASL</value> </property>   But when I tried with KERBEROS  , could not start hive service2 ERROR ------------- javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: Unsupported authentication type KERBEROS at org.apache.hive.service.auth.HiveAuthFactory.getAuthTransFactory(HiveAuthFactory.java:184) ~[hive-service-2.3.5.jar:2.3.5] at org.apache.hive.service.cli.thrift.ThriftBinaryCLIService.run(ThriftBinaryCLIService.java:70) ~[hive-service-2.3.5.jar:2.3.5]at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_261]   I just followed the cloudera official documents to enable KERBEROS   steps  -------- 1. installed KERBEROS   in windows 10 2. set the KRB5CCNAME  environment variable. 3. updated hive site.xml file <property> <name>hive.server2.authentication</name> <value>KERBEROS</value> </property> <property> <name>hive.server2.authentication.kerberos.principal</name> <value>hive/_host@your-realm.com</value> </property> <property> <name>hive.server2.authentication.kerberos.keytab</name> <value>path of  krb5.keytab</value> </property> ... View more