Re: [Condor-users] Running a job as a particular user in Condor

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 22, 2006, at 6:53 AM, shakeb_siddiqi wrote:

> In continuation to my earlier mail I have another query as well.
>
> Suppose i submit a job under the user "test1" and want it to get  
> executed under another user "test2" on the remote machine. Is that  
> possible in Condor and what is the way to provide the passowrd for  
> the user "test2" under which i want to run my job.

> I have installed Condor 6.7.18 on Linux. What is the way to provide  
> a username/password to run the job under a particular user account  
> on a remote machine.
>
> Suppose i submit the job under the user "test" then the job should  
> run in the remote machine under the user "test". How do i provide  
> the password for the user "test" so that the job can run in the  
> remote machine.

You can configure Condor to run a job as the same user as the  
submitter or as a nobody user. In the latter case, the administrator  
can set what account is used. But there's no way for the submitter of  
a job to specify what account the job should be run under.

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