Good catch, Brett. Can we have confirmation from an expert? Also, is object_type optional?
It isn't clear to me why priv_level isn't called object_name. -- Lefty On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Brett Randall <javabr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Hive+Default+Authorization+-+Legacy+Mode#HiveDefaultAuthorization-LegacyMode-Grant/RevokePrivileges > , GRANT shows as: > > GRANT > priv_type [(column_list)] > [, priv_type [(column_list)]] ... > [ON object_type] > TO principal_specification [, principal_specification] ... > [WITH GRANT OPTION] > > Should that not be [ON object_type priv_level], same as REVOKE, where: > > object_type: > TABLE > | DATABASE > > priv_level: > db_name > | tbl_name > > Thanks > Brett >
