[molpro-user] weird issue with MOLPRO 2010.1 binaries

[Reuti]

Hi,

Am 21.09.2010 um 10:53 schrieb Manhui Wang:

> Generally speaking, if molpro binary works on one node of the cluster
> locally, it should work on a single node via PBS, too. I have tested it
> via PBS on our cluster, and I haven't seen such problem.
> 
> Could you check how your PBS works?
> 
> For example, if rsh is disabled, when you start binary molpro on head
> node but want to run on other node of the cluster like

even a compiled in `rsh` can often be redefined at runtime to use another command. And some parallel libs perform a local `rsh`, instead of creating threads - this might explain the error he gets.

-- Reuti


> molpro -N comartin:cfa082:4
> 
> This can't work because molpro has to login in the node cfa082 by rsh,
> and then runs.
> 
> Best wishes
> Manhui
> 
> 
> Gershom (Jan M.L.) Martin wrote:
>> rsh between nodes is disabled, only ssh is allowed. 
>> 
>> I am not trying to run across nodes at all, and running interactively on
>> one of the nodes works just fine. It's when I try to run a Torque/PBS
>> job (again, ON A SINGLE NOTE) that I get this error message. I looked
>> again and again at the environments in both cases and do not understand
>> what is different.
>> 
>> Is there any way to tell molpro from the command line "ignore the nodes
>> file, I just want to run locally" or something?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Jan
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Manhui Wang <wangm9 at cardiff.ac.uk
>> <mailto:wangm9 at cardiff.ac.uk>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Dear Jan,
>> 
>>    Can you log in other nodes by rsh without password? The default
>>    connection is rsh(not ssh) in binary version when it is run across
>>    nodes. If you run binary molpro on local node, there is no such
>>    requirement.
>> 
>>    Best wishes,
>>    Manhui
>> 
>> -
> 
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