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| <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">CREATE ROLE Statement (<span class="keyword">Impala 2.0</span> or higher only)</h1> |
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| The <code class="ph codeph">CREATE ROLE</code> statement creates a role to which privileges can be granted. Privileges can |
| be granted to roles, which can then be assigned to users. A user that has been assigned a role will only be |
| able to exercise the privileges of that role. Only users that have administrative privileges can create/drop |
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| <strong class="ph b">Syntax:</strong> |
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| <pre class="pre codeblock"><code>CREATE ROLE <var class="keyword varname">role_name</var> |
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| <strong class="ph b">Required privileges:</strong> |
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| Only administrative users for Ranger can use this statement. |
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| <strong class="ph b">Compatibility:</strong> |
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| Impala makes use of any roles and privileges specified by the <code class="ph codeph">GRANT</code> and |
| <code class="ph codeph">REVOKE</code> statements in Hive, and Hive makes use of any roles and privileges specified by the |
| <code class="ph codeph">GRANT</code> and <code class="ph codeph">REVOKE</code> statements in Impala. |
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| <strong class="ph b">Cancellation:</strong> Cannot be cancelled. |
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| <strong class="ph b">HDFS permissions:</strong> This statement does not touch any HDFS files or directories, |
| therefore no HDFS permissions are required. |
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| <strong class="ph b">Related information:</strong> |
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| <a class="xref" href="impala_authorization.html#authorization">Impala Authorization</a>, <a class="xref" href="impala_grant.html#grant">GRANT Statement (Impala 2.0 or higher only)</a>, |
| <a class="xref" href="impala_revoke.html#revoke">REVOKE Statement (Impala 2.0 or higher only)</a>, <a class="xref" href="impala_drop_role.html#drop_role">DROP ROLE Statement (Impala 2.0 or higher only)</a>, |
| <a class="xref" href="impala_show.html#show">SHOW Statement</a> |
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| <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../topics/impala_langref_sql.html">Impala SQL Statements</a></div> |
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