Try this Assuming that you are talking about Hive Thrift server
beeline -u jdbc:hive2://rhes75:10099/default org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver *-n USERNAME -p PASSWORD* -i /home/hduser/dba/bin/add_jars.hql' HTH Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction. On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 16:11, Odon Copon <odonco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > would be possible to add authentication to the Thrift Hive metastore > service? like user and password? > I cannot find any documentation on how to protect this endpoint. > Thanks. >