Do you also have following set ? (either via hive-site.xml or hiveserver2-site.xml )
{code}
<property>
<name>hive.security.authorization.enabled</name>
<value>false</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hive.security.authorization.manager</name>
<value>org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.security.authorization.StorageBasedAuthorizationProvider</value>
</property>
{code}
Looks like this happens only when StorageBasedAuthorization is enabled at compile time.
The recommended place for enabling StorageBasedAuthorization is in hive metastore. [see SBA metastore instructions|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Storage+Based+Authorization+in+the+Metastore+Server]
Setting this for compile time is redundant and not recommended.
I would recommend compile time authorization being enabled only if you want to use fine grained authorization such as SQL Standards based authorization or Apache Ranger.
