The # and anything following that in all Slurm configuration files is treated as a comment. See the man pages.
Benji Wakely <[email protected]> wrote: >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 -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
