LSF Version 7.3 - Platform LSF Configuration Reference

Error messages
The following error messages are logged by the LSF daemons, or displayed by the following
commands.
lsadmin ckconfig badmin ckconfig
General errors
The messages listed in this section may be generated by any LSF daemon.
can’t open file: error
The daemon could not open the named file for the reason given by error. This error is usually
caused by incorrect file permissions or missing files. All directories in the path to the
configuration files must have execute (x) permission for the LSF administrator, and the actual
files must have read (r) permission. Missing files could be caused by incorrect path names in
the lsf.conf file, running LSF daemons on a host where the configuration files have not
been installed, or having a symbolic link pointing to a nonexistent file or directory.
file(line): malloc failed
Memory allocation failed. Either the host does not have enough available memory or swap
space, or there is an internal error in the daemon. Check the program load and available swap
space on the host; if the swap space is full, you must add more swap space or run fewer (or
smaller) programs on that host.
auth_user: getservbyname(ident/tcp) failed: error; ident must be
registered in services
LSF_AUTH=ident is defined in the lsf.conf file, but the ident/tcp service is not defined
in the services database. Add ident/tcp to the services database, or remove LSF_AUTH
from the lsf.conf file and setuid root those LSF binaries that require authentication.
auth_user: operation(<host>/<port>) failed: error
LSF_AUTH=ident is defined in the lsf.conf file, but the LSF daemon failed to contact the
identd daemon on host. Check that identd is defined in inetd.conf and the identd
daemon is running on host.
auth_user: Authentication data format error (rbuf=<data>) from
<host>/<port>
auth_user: Authentication port mismatch (...) from <host>/<port>
LSF_AUTH=ident is defined in the lsf.conf file, but there is a protocol error between LSF
and the ident daemon on host. Make sure the ident daemon on the host is configured correctly.
userok: Request from bad port (<port_number>), denied
LSF_AUTH is not defined, and the LSF daemon received a request that originates from a non-
privileged port. The request is not serviced.
Set the LSF binaries (for example, lsrun) to be owned by root with the setuid bit set, or
define LSF_AUTH=ident and set up an ident server on all hosts in the cluster. If the binaries
are on an NFS-mounted file system, make sure that the file system is not mounted with the
nosuid flag.
userok: Forged username suspected from <host>/<port>: <claimed_user>/
<actual_user>
Troubleshooting and error messages
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