[slurm-users] Partition not allowing subaccount use

[Bas van der Vlies]

Which version of slurm do you use? The sub-account is supported since 
version  23.02

On 24/07/2023 23:26, Groner, Rob wrote:
> I've setup a partition THING with AllowAccounts=stuff.  I then use 
> sacctmgr to create the stuff account and a mystuff account whose parent 
> is stuff.  My understanding is that this would make mystuff a subaccount 
> of stuff.
> 
> The description for specifying allowaccount in a partition definition in 
> slurm.conf says:
> 
> Comma-separated list of accounts which may execute jobs in the 
> partition. The default value is "ALL". This list is also hierarchical, 
> meaning subaccounts are included automatically.
> 
> However, when I try to submit a job using --account=mystuff, then it 
> gets rejected and the reason in the slurmctld.log is because "Job's 
> account not permitted to use this partition (THING allows stuff not 
> mystuff)".
> 
> Am I not understanding what constitutes a subaccount?  When I "sacctmgr 
> show assoc tree", then I see that mystuff is under stuff.
> 
> Or am I misreading the documentation that says that subaccounts are 
> included in who is allowed to use the partition?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob
> 

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