Re: [Condor-users] condor_hold authentication error

[John Wheez <john@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Zachary,

Perhaps condor_hold doesn't check the AUTHENTICATION_METHODS variable??

I added AUTHENTICATION_METHODS=CLAIMTOBE to the condor config file for 
my central manager and the client machines. Then i shutdown all teh 
condor daemons and started them again on both machines.

The Linux central server (Condor 6.7.1) still complains 
"AUTHENTICATE:1003:Failed to authenticate with any method" when i try to 
issue a condor_hold on a job which was submitted by my Windows XP client 
(Condor 6.7.1). The hold command line looks like this "condor_hold -name 
thunder 40" .

Thanks for any tips, JW


Zachary Miller wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:07:05PM -0700, John Wheez wrote:
>  
>
> > AUTHENTICATE:1003:Failed to authenticate with any method
> >
> > I'm using Linux condor-6.7.1 on my central manager and Condor 6.7.1 on 
> > my Windows XP clients.
> >
> > If i am logged on the linux box as the condor user which has superuser 
> > status in my condor config for all machines and i try to place a job on 
> > hold which was submit from a Windows XP client I get the above error. If 
> > I go to the windows XP client and issue condor_hold it works fine. My 
> > condor user is locally on both machines and uses the same passwords.
> >    
>
> unfortunately, this won't work right now.  the reason is that by default
> there are no methods of authentication in common between unix and windows,
> and putting a job on hold requires authentication.
>
>  
>
> > My windows machines do not get their login information from NIS. If I 
> > use NIS would this clear up the Authentication problem?
> >    
>
> no.
>
> however, if you don't care about authentication but just want this to work, you
> can add the CLAIMTOBE authentication method to both the windows and linux.  or
> if you do care about authentication, you'll have to wait until we finish adding
> kerberos or GSI authentication to the windows version.
>
>
> cheers,
> -zach
>