[slurm-users] slurmctld/slurmdbd (code=exited, status=217/USER)

[Ümit Seren]

Looks like the slurm user does not exist on the system.
Did you run the slurmctld and slurmdbd before as root ?
If you remove the two lines (User, Group), the services will start.
But is is recommended to create a dedicated slurm user for that:
https://slurm.schedmd.com/quickstart_admin.html#daemons



On Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 16:02 Miriam Olmi <miriam.olmi at lngs.infn.it> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am having some issue with the new version of slurm 23.11.0-1.
>
> I had already installed and configured slurm 23.02.3-1 on my cluster and
> all the services were active and running properly.
>
> After I install with the same procedure the new version of slurm I have
> that
> the slurmctld and slurmdbd daemons fail to start all with the same error:
>
>  (code=exited, status=217/USER)
>
> And investigating the problem with the command journalctl -xe I find:
>
> slurmctld.service: Failed to determine user credentials: No such process
> slurmctld.service: Failed at step USER spawning /usr/sbin/slurmctld: No
> such process
>
>
> I had a look at the slurmctld.service file for both the slurm versions and
> I found the following differences in the [Service] section.
>
> From the slurmctld.service file of slurm 23.02.3-1:
>
> [Service]
> Type=simple
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/slurmctld
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/slurmctld
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/slurmctld -D -s $SLURMCTLD_OPTIONS
> ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
> LimitNOFILE=65536
> TasksMax=infinity
>
>
> From the slurmctld.service file of slurm 23.11.0-1:
>
> [Service]
> Type=notify
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/slurmctld
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/slurmctld
> User=slurm
> Group=slurm
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/slurmctld --systemd $SLURMCTLD_OPTIONS
> ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
> LimitNOFILE=65536
> TasksMax=infinity
>
>
> I think the presence of the new lines regarding the slurm user might be
> the problem
> but I am not sure and I have no idea how to solve it.
>
> Can anyone halp me?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Miriam
>
>
>
>
>
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