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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">According to the online documentation:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">“When using the Slurm db, users who have AdminLevel's defined (Operator or Admin) and users who are account coordinators are given the authority to invoke scancel on other user's jobs. A Slurm account coordinator
is a user who can modify settings for users in that Slurm account. The coordinator can also hold and cancel jobs submitted by other users in the account.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I get permission denied (from a user in my ‘jobadmin’ account), when trying to kill a job that is run from another user in my ‘jobadmin’ account:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">#:~> scancel -n test<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">scancel: error: Kill job error on job id 25063: Access/permission denied<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">#:~><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"># sacctmgr list user<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> User Def Acct Admin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">---------- ---------- ---------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> ethor Operator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> mpern Operator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> root Administ+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">svcappuser Operator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">svcsplitu+ Operator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"># sacctmgr list users withcoord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> User Def Acct Admin Coord Accounts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">---------- ---------- --------- --------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> ethor Operator jobadmin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> mpern Operator jobadmin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> root Administ+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">svcappuser Operator jobadmin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">svcsplitu+ Operator jobadmin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"># sacctmgr list account<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> Account Descr Org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">---------- -------------------- --------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> jobadmin jobadmin root<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> root default root account root<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"># sacctmgr list account WithCoordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> Account Descr Org Coord Accounts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">---------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> jobadmin jobadmin root ethor,mpern,svcappu+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> root default root account root<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Must I configure something else to allow the above 4 operator users to kill jobs?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Buckley, Ronan <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> SLURM Operator Role (to cancel SLURM Jobs)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">I have given 4 users the operator role and they are all part of the coordinator accounts. However, when I su to the users in question, they get a permission denied error when trying to cancel
a job.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">What am I missing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Ronan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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