hive> describe database mydatabase; mydatabase hdfs://myserver:8020/home/myuser/mydatabase.db myuser mygroup hive> exit; [myuser@myserver ~]$ hdfs dfs -getfacl /home/myuser/mydatabase.db # file: /home/myuser/mydatabase.db # owner: myuser # group: mygroup user::rwx user:some_other_user:rwx group::rwx group:some_other_group:rwx mask::rwx other::r-x