In general, is Debian more cooperative with HPC systems than Ubuntu? Because I may just kill my KDE Neon installation and trying Debian + KDE Plasma.
will-landau.com linkedin.com/in/wlandau github.com/wlandau On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Rajiv Nishtala <nishtala....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 12-Nov-2017, at 3:33 PM, Raymond Wan <rwan.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Rajiv, > > > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Rajiv Nishtala <nishtala....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> it maybe that I’m missing context here - but in regards to munge, it > makes much more sense to follow the munge follow instructions from the > GitHub of munge. > >> Remember, the permissions for the key and the /var/ and /etc folder are > important > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> Rajiv > > > > > > Hmmmm, I actually don't agree since sometimes the distribution (i.e., > > Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.) has made some changes to a piece of > > software to integrate it with the rest of the system. At least with > > some programs (I think it was the case with slurm, but I can't quite > > remember), following general information, information for another > > distribution, or even information for an older OS version caused me to > > bark up the wrong tree… > I setup slurm recently on ubuntu 14.x and 16.x and both seemed to work > fine with the instructions given. Like I said, I maybe missing information > to provide concrete information I know. > > > > For munge, this would be the files in /usr/share/doc/munge/ and > > whatever's on-line. > > > > But you are right that the upstream instructions cannot be ignored and > > should be consulted in addition to the distribution-relevant > > documentation, in case the latter is wrong (which does happen). > I agree with that. > > > > Ray > > > > >
