Greetings, My apologies if this isn't the correct place for bug reports.
I believe there may be a problem with the accounting/mysql code in slurmdbd [*]. I was setting up slurm on a rhel6 cluster, attempting to set up the accounting/slurmdbd configuration. Starting the slurmdbd process would result in: slurmdbd: error: mysql_real_connect failed: 1045 Access denied for user 'slurm'@'localhost' (using password: YES) ...Repeatedly testing showed that the username / password worked correctly. Problem: Slurmdbd will not handle '#' characters in mysql passwords. Workaround: Change the password to something without '#' characters in it Suggested Solution: Alter the code to allow for more allowable characters in a password, or alter the documentation re: slurmdbd setup to indicate what constraints there are on passwords. Cheerfully yours, --Benji [*]: It's always possible it's just me, of course. Benji Wakely <[email protected]> Unix Systems Administrator La Trobe University +613 9479 5499 +614 34 307 667
