[slurm-users] Changing DefaultAccount for user

[Loris Bennett]

Hi,

Thanks everyone.  What I was missing was that that the two user/account
associations have to exist before I can change the default account.

However, what I find a bit odd is that I have multiple associations,
e.g.

  $ sacctmgr show assoc where user=loris
     Cluster    Account       User    ...
  ---------- ---------- ----------    ...
     bigiron     boblab      loris    ...
     bigiron      staff      loris    ...
     bigiron         sc      loris    ...

the following shows only one, namely the default:

  $ sacctmgr show user loris accounts
        User   Def Acct     Admin
  ---------- ---------- ---------
       loris      staff      None

If I then do

  $ sacctmgr show assoc where user=loris format=account,defaultaccount
     Account   Def Acct
  ---------- ----------
      boblab
       staff
          sc

I see all the accounts but not the default.

Is there a way to see all the accounts and which one is the default with
a single command?

Cheers,

Loris



Sean McGrath <smcgrat at tchpc.tcd.ie> writes:

> Hi Loris,
>
> Not sure if this helps you, sorry if not. I can't answer the specifics
> of your query about how sacctmgr works.
>
> Here are the relevant bits from our account setup workflow to add a
> users account to an account, the first line, then set their default
> account to it.
>
> sbank project useradd -c $cluster -a $project_code -u $user
> sacctmgr -i update users cluster=$cluster set defaultaccount=$project_code where user=$user,cluster=$cluster
>
> I've used the `sacctmgr -i update ...` step to change the default
> account for users subsequently after accounts have been created.
>
> Hope that helps, sorry if not.
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 01:50:01PM +0100, Loris Bennett wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Occasionally I need to change a default account and I struggle every
>> time, possibly because my expectations are incorrect.
>> 
>> However the messages and the manpage seem to me unhelpful:
>> 
>>   $ sacctmgr show user alice accounts
>>         User   Def Acct     Admin
>>   ---------- ---------- ---------
>>        alice   boblab        None
>> 
>>   $ sacctmgr add user user=alice defaultaccount=carollab cluster=bigiron
>>    Nothing new added.
>> 
>>   $ sacctmgr show user alice accounts
>>         User   Def Acct     Admin
>>   ---------- ---------- ---------
>>        alice   boblab        None
>> 
>> What does "Nothing new added" mean?
>> 
>> In the manpage for sacctmgr it says:
>> 
>>   DefaultAccount=
>>       System wide default account name
>>       Must be defined on the first occurrence of the user. 
>> 
>> I find the third line unclear, but I assume it means
>> 
>>       Must be specified when the user is created (and cannot be modified
>>       subsequently)
>> 
>> Deleting the user and recreating with the desired defaultaccount is the
>> only way I have managed change the default account.
>> 
>> Is this really the only way to achieve this?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Loris
>> 
>> -- 
>> Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr)
>> ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin         Email loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de
>> 
-- 
Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr)
ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin         Email loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de