LSF Version 7.3 - Platform LSF Configuration Reference

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Alpha 4.x
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IRIX 6.5
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Linux 2.x
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Solaris 2.x
Configuration
file
Parameter and syntax Behavior
lsf.conf LSF_AUTH=eauth
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Enables external authentication
LSF_AUTH_DAEMONS=y | Y
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Enables daemon authentication when external
authentication is enabled
LSF_DAEMON_WRAP=y | Y
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Required for Kerberos authentication
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mbatchd, sbatchd, and RES run the executable
LSF_SERVERDIR/daemons.wrap
lsf.sudoers
LSF_EAUTH_USER=root
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for Kerberos authentication, the eauth executable
must run under the root account
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You must edit the lsf.sudoers file on all hosts
within the cluster and specify the same user name
LSF_LOAD_PLUGINS=y | Y
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Required for Kerberos authentication when plug-ins
are used instead of the daemon wrapper script
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LSF loads plug-ins from the directory LSB_LIBDIR
LSF_EEXEC_USER=root
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Required for Kerberos authentication. The parameter
LSF_DAEMON_WRAP must also be set to y or Y.
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The eexec executable provided with the Kerberos
integration runs under the root account
External authentication commands
Commands for submission
Command
Description
All LSF commands
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If the parameter LSF_AUTH=eauth in the file lsf.conf, LSF daemons
authenticate users and hosts—as configured in the eauth executable—
before executing an LSF command
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If external authentication is enabled and the parameter
LSF_AUTH_DAEMONS=Y in the file lsf.conf, LSF daemons
authenticate each other as configured in the eauth executable
Commands to monitor
Not applicable: There are no commands to monitor the behavior of this feature.
Feature: External authentication
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