OMPI doesn't do anything relative to the .ssh directory, or what key is used for ssh authentication.
Afraid that is one you have to solve at the system level :-/ On Feb 15, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Barnet Wagman wrote: > I need to find a way of controlling the rsa key used when open-mpi uses ssh > to access hosts. By default, ssh uses the > > ~/.ssh/id_rsa > > However, I need to set the key used without messing around with users' .ssh > directories. It appears that in a default installation of open-mpi, ~/.ssh > is specfied is mca_base_param_file_path. Can I change the ssh directory used > by setting this mca param? Or is there some other way of specifying the > id_rsa file (other than changing ssh config files). > > More generally, is there anything posted that states in detail what > mca_base_param_file_path controls? > > I've found a reference to it in the FAQ: "The MCA parameter > (mca_base_param_file_path) specifies the path to search for AMCA files with > relative paths. By default this is $SYSCONFDIR/amca-param-sets/:$CWD." From > this description, it doesn't like setting mca_base_param_file_path will solve > my problem. > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
