[torquedev] torque-2.1.x cannot read its own configuration?

[Garrick Staples]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 04:12:09PM -0700, Martin Siegert alleged:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:51:37PM -0700, Garrick Staples wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:39:43PM -0700, Martin Siegert alleged:
> > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:14:36PM -0700, Garrick Staples wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:02:19PM -0700, Martin Siegert alleged:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am running into the following problem ever since we switched to
> > > > > torque-2.1.x (actually I tried only 2.1.2 and 2.1.6):
> > > > > 
> > > > > All commands are run by root:
> > > > > 
> > > > > # qmgr -c 'p s' > /etc/sysconfig/torque_server.conf
> > > > > # qmgr < /etc/sysconfig/torque_server.conf
> > > > > Max open servers: 4
> > > > > qmgr obj= svr=default: Unauthorized Request 
> > > > 
> > > > It's not that qmgr doesn't understand the request, it is that the request is
> > > > not authorized.  It is a permission problem.
> > > > 
> > > > When you run 'qmgr', it connects to the server hostname listed in
> > > > $PBS_SERVER_HOME/server_name.  The pbs_server daemon running on that host isn't
> > > > allowing your connection.  Your "server_name" file probably has something other
> > > > than the actual hostname.
> > > > 
> > > > Try 'qmgr localhost' or 'qmgr `hostname`' when reading in the config.
> > > 
> > > Thanks! 'qmgr localhost' has the same problem, but 'qmgr `hostname`'
> > > actually works!
> > > 
> > > Your assumption that the server_name file has something other than
> > > the actual hostname is correct - this is a multihomed server and the
> > > server_name file contains the hostname assiciated with the private
> > > cluster network.
> > > 
> > > Can somebody actually explain to me what the correct configuration is
> > > under these circumstances? As far as I know the server name has to
> > > be entered at (at least?) three places:
> > 
> > Just adjust the server's managers to include what you want.
> 
> Jikes - this was kind of stupid: the torque_server.conf file had:
> 
> set server managers = moab at assiniboine.sfu.ca
> set server managers += moab at b001
> set server managers += root at assiniboine.sfu.ca
> set server managers += root at b001
> 
> Thus, when I ran "qmgr < torque_server.conf" qmgr read the first of
> those 4 lines and then decided that root at b001 had no priviledges
> and refused to read the rest. After rearranging the order
> 
> set server managers = root at b001
> set server managers += root at assiniboine.sfu.ca
> set server managers += moab at b001
> set server managers += moab at assiniboine.sfu.ca
> 
> in the torque_server.conf I was able to read in the whole file
> (after initially running "qmgr `hostname` -c 's s managers = root at b001'").
> 
> Unfortunately, torque rearranges the order of these settings, i.e.,
> if I now run "qmgr -c 'p s' > torque_server.conf" I again get the first
> (bad) order of the set server managers statements. Hence I have to
> always manually edit that file. In a weird way the initial subject line
> appears to be correct ... torque cannot read its own configuration
> back without changes.
> 
> Would it be possible to not do these internal rearrangements?
> It appears that the order is relevant.

As soon as we stop sorting them, someone will come along and ask them to be
sorted :)

Your situation raises the question, why are you are reading in your
configuration so often?
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