Re: [Condor-users] starter process exits

[Tim Robertson <timr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The processes are
> started as root but run as the user condor. The execute nodes get their
> /home/condor served up by NFS and the dirs are auto-mounted.  My global
> condor_config is in /opt/condor/etc/condor_config and there is a 
> symlink
> from /home/condor/condor_config to this file.

It sounds like you may have a problem in your config setup -- you 
realize that there are two config files, right?

The main config file is in /opt/condor/etc, and the other in 
/opt/condor/local.X, where X is the name of your machine.  You're 
supposed to set the CONDOR_CONFIG environment variable to point to the 
location of the main config file (the one in /opt/condor/etc), which, 
in turn, has a macro pointing to the local config file.  By default, 
you need both for condor to start properly.

> I'm seeing some strange behavior both when I start up condor_master and
> when I submit jobs to the pool.  In the case of condor_master, if I 
> start
> this process without first doing an 'ls /home/condor' it dies with a
> complaint about not having CONDOR_CONFIG set, not being able to find
> /etc/condor/condor_config, or not being able to find
> /local/condor/condor_config.  The complaint also mentions not finding
> ~/condor.  When I trace the condor_master with strace, however, it 
> doesn't
> look like an open() attempt is ever made on ~/condor_config.  
> Eventhough
> df shows /home/condor as already mounted, if I 'ls /home/condor', 
> however,
> it succeeds in checking for and finding this directory.  It seems 
> there is
> some reason condor is not even attempting to open
> /home/condor/condor_config.

I don't know why condor would start properly once you've listed the 
/home/condor directory.  If your CONDOR_CONFIG variable is set 
correctly, and your local config file is in the right place, condor 
should start.

If you have everything correctly set up, perhaps it's a problem with 
your NFS automounting configuration -- I've seen similar problems 
before, but never on my own systems.

Best,
Tim