It seems that the variable DOES in fact impact where slurmdbd.conf is looked for.

I discarded that option because it was only mentioned in the slurmctld section.

Thanks a ton! Sven

On 07.01.25 15:11, Groner, Rob wrote:

I'll note that the SLURM_CONF env var is listed on the sbatch docs page, so is likely not an override for all slurm commands.

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*From:* Groner, Rob via slurm-users slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:04 AM *To:* slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com; Sven Schulze svens@pks.mpg.de *Subject:* [slurm-users] Re: Change config file location of slurmdbd temporarily The config file location is set during the ./configure step in building the source code.  I think it is --conf-dir or something.  Do ./configure --help to find the correct syntax. After configure, then rebuild and slurm will now look in that new location.

There is also a SLURM_CONF env var that points to where the slurm config file is, as an override I believe...but I don't know if that applies to slurmdbd.conf as well.  Worth a try maybe.

Rob

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*From:* Sven Schulze via slurm-users slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 7, 2025 8:54 AM *To:* slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com *Subject:* [slurm-users] Change config file location of slurmdbd temporarily Hey all,

Is there a way to change the location of the slurmdbd.conf temporarily when starting slurmdbd?

For all other daemons I can specify "-f", but this doesn't seem to work for slurmdbd, is there a way to edit the build files to achieve this?

Kind Regards, Sven

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