LSF Version 7.3 - Platform LSF Configuration Reference

Configuration file Parameter and syntax Default behavior
lsf.conf
LSF_AUTH=eauth
•
Enables external authentication
LSF_AUTH_DAEMONS=y | Y
•
Enables daemon authentication when
external authentication is enabled
Note:
By default, daemon
authentication is not
enabled. If you enable
daemon authentication and
want to turn it off later, you
must comment out or delete
the parameter
LSF_AUTH_DAEMONS.
External authentication behavior
The following example illustrates how a customized eauth executable can provide external
authentication of users, hosts, and daemons. In this example, the eauth executable has been
customized so that corresponding instances of eauth -c and eauth -s obtain user, host,
and daemon credentials from a file that serves as the external security system. The eauth
executable can also be customized to obtain credentials from an operating system or from an
authentication protocol such as Kerberos.
Feature: External authentication
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