I did find the error. It was a missing x permission on a folder.
From: Laura Hild <lsh@jlab.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 2:23:58 PM
To: Kent L. Hanson <Kent.Hanson@inl.gov>
Cc: 'slurm-users@schedmd.com' <slurm-users@schedmd.com>
Subject: Re: Issue running slurm commands as normal account but work as root.
 
Is your regular user unable to read the slurm.conf?  How is the cluster set up to get the hostname of the Slurm controller?