Re: [Condor-users] Mac OS X and NFS

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 12, 2008, at 7:22 AM, Craig Bruce wrote:

> I run a mixed (Linux & Mac) condor pool. I can successfully use NFS  
> or local
> files with my submission scripts on linux. However on the Macs, only  
> local
> files work. When I use NFS files e.g. /proj/craigb/condor/weka_test/ 
> oRF
> (which is valid on all execute nodes), my tasks goes on hold and the  
> log
> shows this error:
>
> 007 (018.000.000) 04/12 13:00:43 Shadow exception!
>        Error from starter on slot1@XXXXXX: Failed to open
> '/private/var/automount/proj/craigb/condor/weka_test/oRF' as sta
> ndard output: No such file or directory (errno 2)
>        0  -  Run Bytes Sent By Job
>        0  -  Run Bytes Received By Job
>
> /private/var/automount/proj/craigb/condor/weka_test/oRF is the full  
> path on
> the mac, but /proj/craigb/condor/weka_test/oRF is how I would access  
> the
> file (the system has made this a symlink to the full path).
>
> Has anyone else come across this and if so did you find a workaround?


Which machines are macs in this problem case? The submit machine, the  
execute machine, or both?

Is /private/var/automount/proj/craigb/condor/weka_test/oRF a valid  
path to the file on the execute machine?

Thanks and regards,
Jaime Frey
UW-Madison Condor Team