The parameters and basic settings are often stored in the config files of most programs. Parameters or settings might be user credentials, user preferences, or data used to run the application. In Apache Hive, “hive-site.xml” is a essential configuration file that provides connection URL and driver information, user credentials, property to enable or disable the client cache and resizing its limit, resizing the connection pool capacity, warehouse default directory, etc.
If you forgot the user credentials to connect to Hive, you can simply get it from this config file. Look at the following screenshot.
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