> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-slurm-...@lists.llnl.gov [mailto:owner-slurm- > d...@lists.llnl.gov] On Behalf Of bill.bro...@bull.com > > I would like clarification on an issue: > sacct man page says: > > For the non-root user, the sacct command limits the display of job > accounting data to jobs that were launched with their own user identi- > fier (UID) by default. Data for other users can be displayed with the > --all, --user, or --uid options.
This should say "--allusers", not "--all". > under options says: > > -a, --allusers > Displays the current user's jobs. Displays all users jobs > when run by root. > > My experimentation shows that by default (no '-a' option) all current user's > jobs are displayed & > for user root all jobs for all users are displayed. However, using this > option allows the current > user to display jobs for all users. Is this just a documentation issue? The behavior is correct. The documentation fails to describe the differences in behavior for root, a user, and the PrivateData setting... > Another question is, should the -a option be honored for a non-root current > user if PrivateData=jobs > is designated in slurm.conf? No. If the PrivateData=jobs setting exists, the -a option should not allow the invoking user to see reports of other users' jobs. The doc should say this. > Best Regards, > Bill
