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Sushanth Sowmyan updated HIVE-5496:
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Attachment: HIVE-5496.patch
Attaching patch.
> hcat -e "drop database if exists" fails on authorizing non-existent null db
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> Key: HIVE-5496
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-5496
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Authorization, HCatalog
> Reporter: Sushanth Sowmyan
> Assignee: Sushanth Sowmyan
> Attachments: HIVE-5496.patch
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> When running a "drop database if exists" call on hcat commandline, it fails
> authorization with a NPE because it tries to authorize access to a null
> database. This should be changed to not call authorize if the db for the
> DropDatabaseDesc is null.
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