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Commit 95495e4b authored by Felip Moll's avatar Felip Moll
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Add note to slurmdbd man page and html docs

Add small note to documentation to clarify how to set different SlurmUser for
slurmdbd and ctld.

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...@@ -412,12 +412,16 @@ environment variable. ...@@ -412,12 +412,16 @@ environment variable.
The default value is the prefix given at configure time + "/lib/slurm".</li> The default value is the prefix given at configure time + "/lib/slurm".</li>
<li><b>SlurmUser</b>: <li><b>SlurmUser</b>:
The name of the user that the <i>slurmctld</i> daemon executes as. The name of the user that the <i>slurmdbd</i> daemon executes as.
This user must exist on the machine executing the Slurm Database Daemon This user must exist on the machine executing the Slurm Database Daemon
and have the same user ID as the hosts on which <i>slurmctld</i> execute. and have the same UID as the hosts on which <i>slurmctld</i> execute.
For security purposes, a user other than "root" is recommended. For security purposes, a user other than "root" is recommended.
The default value is "root". This name should also be the same SlurmUser The default value is "root". This name should also be the same SlurmUser
on all clusters reporting to the SlurmDBD.</li> on all clusters reporting to the SlurmDBD.
NOTE: If this user is different from the one set for \fBslurmctld\fR and is not
root, it must be added to accounting with AdminLevel=Admin and \fBslurmctld\fR
must be restarted.
</li>
<li><b>StorageHost</b>: <li><b>StorageHost</b>:
Define the name of the host the database is running where we are going Define the name of the host the database is running where we are going
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...@@ -506,11 +506,15 @@ If not set (default), then job step records are never purged. ...@@ -506,11 +506,15 @@ If not set (default), then job step records are never purged.
.TP .TP
\fBSlurmUser\fR \fBSlurmUser\fR
The name of the user that the \fBslurmctld\fR daemon executes as. The name of the user that the \fBslurmdbd\fR daemon executes as.
This user must exist on the machine executing the Slurm Database Daemon This user must exist on the machine executing the Slurm Database Daemon
and have the same user ID as the hosts on which \fBslurmctld\fR execute. and have the same UID as the hosts on which \fBslurmctld\fR execute.
For security purposes, a user other than "root" is recommended. For security purposes, a user other than "root" is recommended.
The default value is "root". The default value is "root". This name should also be the same SlurmUser
on all clusters reporting to the SlurmDBD.
NOTE: If this user is different from the one set for \fBslurmctld\fR and is not
root, it must be added to accounting with AdminLevel=Admin and \fBslurmctld\fR
must be restarted.
.TP .TP
\fBStorageHost\fR \fBStorageHost\fR
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