The two are synonyms for each other - they resolve to the identical variable, so there isn't anything different about them.
Not sure what the issue might be, but I would check for a typo - we don't check that mca params are spelled correctly, nor do we check for params that don't exist (e.g., because you spelled it wrong). On Sep 12, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Blosch, Edwin L wrote: > I have a hello world program that runs without prompting for password with > plm_rsh_agent but not with orte_rsh_agent, I mean it runs but only after > prompting for a password: > > <path>/bin/mpirun --machinefile mpihosts.dat -np 16 -mca plm_rsh_agent > /usr/bin/rsh ./test_setup > > Hello from process 2 > Hello from process 5 > Hello from process 12 > Hello from process 6 > Hello from process 0 > > Hello from process 4 > Hello from process 3 > Hello from process 7 > Hello from process 14 > Hello from process 8 > Hello from process 1 > Hello from process 9 > Hello from process &n bsp; 10 > Hello from process 11 > Hello from process 13 > Hello from process 15 > > <path>bin/mpirun --machinefile mpihosts.dat -np 16 -mca orte_rsh_agent > /usr/bin/rsh./test_setup > bloscel@f8312's password: > > I didn’t notice anything about this in the FAQ except that orte_rsh_agent is > newer than plm_rsh_agent. Did I miss some critical piece of information? > Why do these options behave differently? > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
