On OSCAR 3.0, the correct way of syncing up the user files is: /opt/opium/bin/sync_users
If that does not work, try with --force. Cheers, Bernard P.S. Make sure you're running useradd on the headnode. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Palathingal, Paul J. > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:18 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] Adding New Users > > Hello, > > I am running OSCAR 3.0 on Redhat 9.0. > > I used the "useradd -u <uid> -p <passwd> " command to add > users. And I did setup the password too. > > How do I sync up /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to the nodes > (excuse me for being a novice). Also what are the other files > I might need to sync. > > Many Thanks > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernard Li [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:29 PM > To: Palathingal, Paul J.; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] Adding New Users > > Hi Paul: > > Which version of OSCAR are you using? > > How did you add the new user on the headnode? Did you also > setup the password for the user? > > sync_users works by syncing up /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to > the nodes (among other files). > > Cheers, > > Bernard > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Palathingal, Paul J. > > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 14:01 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Oscar-users] Adding New Users > > > > Hello, > > > > I have OSCAR installed on a 4 node (head node + 3 compute > > node) system. > > Everything works fine. However I wanted to add a new user > and I could > > not get it to work. The steps I did were > > > > 1. Add the new user on the head node > > 2. Use >/opt/opium/bin/sync_usrs to propagate the user > information to > > the compute nodes. > > > > However after I do that and I try to log in with the new > user account > > it always asks me for a password. I'd appreciate it if > someone could > > help me out with this. > > > > Many Thanks > > Paul > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Sandeep > > Sharma > > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:31 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Oscar-users] Testing failed > > > > I am trying to install Oscar 4.0 on Red Hat Enterprise > Linux 3. I was > > able to install everything fine till I reached the last step, > > "testing". The /home mounts fails and ssh > > server-->node also fails. I am able to login to the the nodes > > as a root without having to give the password. But I cannot do the > > same when I log in as oscartst. > > > > While rebooting the nodes I have noticed that NFS mount > fails, with a > > error message saying no route to the host found. I have used the > > default kernel while installing Oscar and assume that it > supports NFS. > > > > If anyone else ran into the same problem please let me know > how they > > solved it. I am attaching my log file with this mail. > > > > Thanks, > > Sandeep. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest > & candid > > reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start > reading now. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=ick > > _______________________________________________ > > Oscar-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & > candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=ick > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
