[HTCondor-users] HTCondor 8.6.13/8.8.2 for Windows - Install issues and long file name issues

["Hitchen, Greg (IM&T, Kensington WA)" <Greg.Hitchen@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi

 

Everyoneâs probably at HTCondor Week, but here goes anyway! 😉 😊

 

(All references here are to 8.6.13 64 bit BUT the same happens with 8.6.13 32 bit and 8.8.2 64 and 32 bit)

 

When using the msi install file for 64 bit HTCondor 8.6.13 I get the following (Win10 machine):

 

 

Event Viewer â Windows Logs â Application shows:

 

Product: condor-8.6.13 -- Error 1720. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A script required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Custom action CondorConfigLocal script error -2146828218, Microsoft _vbscript_ runtime error: Permission denied Line 1, Column 1, 

 

IMPORTANT - FYI, I am installing into c:\program files as our org does not want it installed in c:\condor

 

Iâm guessing this may possibly have something to do with trying to put/create the config files into c:\program files\condor ?

 

The actual install seems to go mostly OK though. Itâs just that no config files are created. So I did another install on a different machine

into c:\condor, copied the config files across, and changed the reference to:

 

RELEASE_DIR = C:\Program files\condor

 

and HTCondor seemed ââââââ sort of happy.

 

At least now (compared with much earlier versions, e.g. 8.0.6) it handles the long filenames OK in condor_config and can use:

 

RELEASE_DIR = C:\Program Files\Condor

 

rather than previously needing to use:

 

RELEASE_DIR = C:\PROGRA~1\condor

 

However there still seems to be issues specifically to do with spaces in folder names.

e.g in StarterLog and StarterLog.slot1 the following errors occur:

 

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) my_popen: CreateProcess failed err=2

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) JavaDetect: failed to execute java -classpath C:\Program;Files\Condor\bin;C:\Program;Files\Condor\bin/scimark2lib.jar;. CondorJavaInfo old 2

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) Failed to read results from 'docker -v': 'No such file or directory' (2)

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) DockerAPI::detect() failed to detect the Docker version; assuming absent.

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) my_popen: CreateProcess failed err=2

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) FILETRANSFER: Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) FILETRANSFER: failed to add plugin "C:\Program" because: FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) my_popen: CreateProcess failed err=2

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) FILETRANSFER: Failed to execute Files\Condor\bin\curl_plugin.exe, ignoring

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) FILETRANSFER: failed to add plugin "Files\Condor\bin\curl_plugin.exe" because: FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute Files\Condor\bin\curl_plugin.exe, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) my_popen: CreateProcess failed err=2

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) FILETRANSFER: Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) FILETRANSFER: failed to add plugin "C:\Program" because: FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute Files\Condor\bin\curl_plugin.exe, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) my_popen: CreateProcess failed err=2

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) FILETRANSFER: Failed to execute Files\Condor\bin\data_plugin.exe, ignoring

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) FILETRANSFER: failed to add plugin "Files\Condor\bin\data_plugin.exe" because: FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute Files\Condor\bin\data_plugin.exe, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute Files\Condor\bin\curl_plugin.exe, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring

05/21/19 13:19:45 (pid:8804) WARNING: Initializing plugins returned: FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute Files\Condor\bin\data_plugin.exe, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute Files\Condor\bin\curl_plugin.exe, ignoring|FILETRANSFER:1:Failed to execute C:\Program, ignoring

 

From StartLog, it seems partially happy with long filenames but not for everything:

 

05/21/19 13:19:44 ******************************************************

05/21/19 13:19:44 ** condor_startd.exe (CONDOR_STARTD) STARTING UP

05/21/19 13:19:44 ** C:\Program Files\Condor\bin\condor_startd.exe

05/21/19 13:19:44 ** SubsystemInfo: name=STARTD type=STARTD(7) class=DAEMON(1)

05/21/19 13:19:44 ** Configuration: subsystem:STARTD local:<NONE> class:DAEMON

05/21/19 13:19:44 ** $CondorVersion: 8.6.13 Oct 30 2018 BuildID: 453497 $

05/21/19 13:19:44 ** $CondorPlatform: x86_64_Windows10 $

05/21/19 13:19:44 ** PID = 204

05/21/19 13:19:44 ** Log last touched time unavailable (No such file or directory)

05/21/19 13:19:44 ******************************************************

05/21/19 13:19:44 Using config source: C:\Program Files\condor\condor_config

05/21/19 13:19:44 Using local config sources:

05/21/19 13:19:44    C:\Program

05/21/19 13:19:44    Files\Condor\condor_config.local

05/21/19 13:19:44 config Macros = 54, Sorted = 54, StringBytes = 1668, TablesBytes = 1984

05/21/19 13:19:44 CLASSAD_CACHING is ENABLED

 

In addition, the registry entry for starting condor_kbdd in the user session at logon time doesnât seem to work:

 

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

condor_kbdd     REG_SZ                âC:\Program files\condor\bin\condor_kbdd.exeâ

 

No condor_kbdd daemon is appearing.

 

Things worked better if I told the installer to install into c:\progra~1\condor

Still got the install gui error popup shown above, still no config files created, still no condor_kbdd started at logon

 

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

condor_kbdd     REG_SZ                âC:\progra~1\condor\bin\condor_kbdd.exeâ

 

BUT, none of the above errors in StarterLog, etc.

 

Is it possible to look at fixing these sort of issues for the Windows builds?

 

Thanks.

 

Cheers

 

Greg

 

P.S. Just reiterating that there are NO issues at all if installing into c:\condor,

only if installing into c:\program files