Marcin, Thanks for the bindtmp link. Reading the code, I note it looks for /etc/passwd. We are using sssd for auth - I presume that means this plugin will not work for us?
cheers L. ------ The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this way." - Grace Hopper On 27 June 2016 at 01:10, Marcin Stolarek <stolarek.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > This was discussed numbers of times before. You can check the list > archive, or start for instance with: > https://github.com/fafik23/slurm_plugins/tree/master/bindtmp > > cheers > marcin > > 2016-06-24 7:22 GMT+02:00 Lachlan Musicman <data...@gmail.com>: > >> We are transitioning from Torque/Maui to SLURM and have only just noticed >> that SLURM puts all files in /tmp and doesn't create a per job/user TMPDIR. >> >> On searching, we have found a number of options for creation of TMPDIR on >> the fly using SPANK and lua and prolog/epilog. >> >> I am looking for something relatively benign, since this we are still >> learning the new paradigm. >> >> One thing in particular: our /tmp files are SSD local to CPU rather than >> on a shared filesystem for speed, so we will need to remove the tmps >> >> So I was looking at the --prolog and --task-prolog options, doing a >> little testing on how I might export TMPDIR >> >> I had a very simple >> >> srun --prolog=/data/pro.sh --task-prolog=/data/t-pro.sh -l hostname >> >> pro.sh >> >> >> #!/bin/bash >> echo "PROLOG: this is from the prologue. currently on `hostname`" >> >> t-pro.sh >> >> >> #!/bin/bash >> echo "TASK-PROLOG: this is from the task-prologue. currently on >> `hostname`" >> >> /data is a shared file system and is the WORKDIR >> >> I'm getting results from --prolog but not from --task-prolog. >> Running this instead: >> >> srun --task-prolog=/data/t-pro.sh -l hostname >> >> I confirm still no output from task-prolog. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> (both scripts have a+x) >> >> cheers >> L. >> >> ------ >> The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this >> way." >> >> - Grace Hopper >> > >
