[mpich-discuss] mpich2 1.0.8 on windows - domain required?

Wed Nov 5 12:35:31 CST 2008

Thanks a lot, Thomas ;-))

2008/11/5 Thomas Blom <blomcode at gmail.com>

> I didn't try linux, but I'm sure it is easy.  Mac osx is bsd basically, and
> on a couple macs I got the source, did the configure/make/make install
> standard procedure which they document well in the install guide and it all
> worked without problem.
>
> -thomas
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Marcus Vinicius Brandão Soares <
> mvbsoares at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just being curious (this is my first post ...): have you already trued to
>> run MPICH2 with Linux ?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Marcus Vinicius.
>>
>> 2008/11/3, Thomas Blom <blomcode at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Thanks so much for your timely and detailed help.  Sorry that I became
>>> involved in other issues today and my reply is delayed.
>>>
>>> 1.  I removed mpich2 completely and reinstalled, and rebooted between and
>>> after these operations (as every superstitious windows-user has learned to
>>> do when problems occur).  I installed for everyone, as I have done
>>> previously.
>>>
>>> 2.  mpiexec -validate simply prints the statement "FAIL"
>>>
>>> 3.  I followed your directions for smpd and mpiexec in debug/verbose
>>> mode.  Log files are attached.
>>>
>>> I will continue to play with this; thanks again for your continued help.
>>> My intuition is that this problem has to do with my having both renamed the
>>> machine and my user account just prior to setting this up a few days ago (to
>>> make the user accounts the same on both machines and make the machine-name
>>> less unwieldy to type).  But every other test I have performed to check the
>>> validity of the new names passes.
>>>
>>> -thomas blom, austin tx
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Jayesh Krishna <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hi,
>>>>  Can you try re-installing MPICH2 making sure that MPICH2 is installed
>>>> for "Everyone" (the default is "Just me" - the user installing MPICH2) and
>>>> re-run mpiexec ?
>>>>  Can you validate the username/password registered on mb13 using the
>>>> "-validate" option of mpiexec (mpiexec -validate)?
>>>>
>>>>  If that does not work please provide us the debug logs for
>>>> smpd/mpiexec,
>>>>
>>>> On mb13,
>>>>
>>>> 1) Stop any instances of smpd running on the machine using the command,
>>>> smpd -stop
>>>> 2) Run smpd in the debug mode & redirect the output to a log file, smpd
>>>> -d > smpd.log
>>>> 3) In another command window run mpiexec in debug/verbose mode and
>>>> redirect the output to a logfile, mpiexec -verbose -n 2 hostname >
>>>> mpiexec.log
>>>> 4) Provide us with the mpiexec/smpd log files.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jayesh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:
>>>> mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Blom
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 03, 2008 10:41 AM
>>>>
>>>> *To:* mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [mpich-discuss] mpich2 1.0.8 on windows - domain
>>>> required?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I've tried this.  To eliminate questions about the machine name
>>>> etc... I have
>>>>
>>>> 1.  go through network setup wizards again to establish that the machine
>>>> name is mb13 and the workgroup is LOGIC; disable  firewall.
>>>> (reboot)
>>>>
>>>> 1.5 Verify that I can share a folder on mb13, and from the other
>>>> computer can successfully map a drive to \\mb13\sharename -- this
>>>> establishes that mb13 is the recognized computer name.  And that other
>>>> computers can reach it at that name.
>>>>
>>>> 2.  uninstall mpich2 completely
>>>> 3.  install mpich2
>>>> (reboot)
>>>>
>>>> 4. mpi -register, and provide username/password of an account on the
>>>> machine that is a "computer administrator" (thomas)
>>>>
>>>> I still am unable to simply run mpiexec -n 2 hostname.... I get the same
>>>> "Credentials for thomas rejected connecting to mb13"
>>>>
>>>> I am able to run 'smpd -status' and it tells me that smpd is running on
>>>> mb13.
>>>>
>>>> Good grief... (my build from source & testing on two bsd-based macs took
>>>> about 15 minutes)
>>>>
>>>> -thomas
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Jayesh Krishna <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi,
>>>>>  Try re-registering your username(thomas)/password in mb13 using
>>>>> "mpiexec -register" command.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Jayesh
>>>>>
>>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>>>  *From:* mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:
>>>>> mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Blom
>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 03, 2008 10:12 AM
>>>>> *To:* mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [mpich-discuss] mpich2 1.0.8 on windows - domain
>>>>> required?
>>>>>
>>>>>   The test command suggested (mpiexec -n 2 hostname) works fine on one
>>>>> of the machines.  On the other machine (both are winXP) I get the error:
>>>>>
>>>>> Credentials for thomas rejected connecting to mb13
>>>>> Aborting: Unable to connect to mb13
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the result of just running locally, not over a network!  In
>>>>> answer to the previous question, 'thomas' is not a domain user.  This is
>>>>> just two winXP machines on a local network that are part of the same
>>>>> "workgroup" but neither are part of any domain.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if this has to do with my having changed the machine name on
>>>>> mb13 ... but I have since completely uninstalled and installed mpich2.  I
>>>>> left the default phrase "behappy" during this installation.  I then ran
>>>>> wmpiregister and entered my username and password (which I use to login to
>>>>> each machine sucessfully).
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried to play with wmpiconfig, but it is a little difficult to
>>>>> understand how to use this.  I don't find any documentation for it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much for any help....
>>>>>
>>>>> -thomas blom, austin tx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Jayesh Krishna <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Hi,
>>>>>>  The machines don't have to be part of the same domain to be part of
>>>>>> your MPI job (This requirement is only for setups which use the SSPI
>>>>>> authentication mechanism to launch MPI jobs).
>>>>>>  Can you run a non-MPI command like hostname on the local machine ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    mpiexec -n 2 hostname
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Is the user "thomas" a domain user ? In that case you should register
>>>>>> the username with the domainname (DOMAINNAME\USERNAME) when registering the
>>>>>> username (mpiexec -register) with mpiexec.
>>>>>>  Let us know if you still have problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Jayesh
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>>>> *From:* mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:
>>>>>> mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Blom
>>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 02, 2008 8:45 AM
>>>>>> *To:* mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>>>>>> *Subject:* [mpich-discuss] mpich2 1.0.8 on windows - domain required?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have just subscribed to the list to ask a question about mpich2 on
>>>>>> windows.  (I found the archives but don't see a way to search them).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it a requirement that the windows computers participating in mpich2
>>>>>> be part of a windows domain?  I see things in the documentation that perhaps
>>>>>> imply this, but not state it outright.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My computers are simply on a local network, and part of a
>>>>>> "workgroup".  The smpd process manager can "see" the other systems to some
>>>>>> extent, since the result of
>>>>>>
>>>>>> smpd -status mb13    // mb13 is the hostname of my other windows pc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> correctly finds that smpd is running on my other host.  But executing
>>>>>> mpiexec and providing hostnames in a "machinefile" e.g.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mpiexec -n 4 -machinefile machines echo %COMPUTERNAME%
>>>>>>
>>>>>> fails with:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Credentials for thomas rejected connecting to mb13
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have taken care that the username/pass is identical on each machine,
>>>>>> the user is admin, etc.  I have followed steps I've found in various
>>>>>> documents about uninstalling/installing smpd and providing the identical
>>>>>> passphrase on each, running mpiexec -register, etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas?  (Or is it just that I must be running on a domain, which I
>>>>>> cannot find concrete documentation about)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks very much,
>>>>>> thomas blom in austin, tx
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marcus Vinicius
>> --
>> "Havendo suficientes colaboradores,
>> Qualquer problema é passível de solução"
>> Eric S. Raymond
>> A Catedral e o Bazar
>>
>> "O passado é apenas um recurso para o presente"
>> Clave de Clau
>>
>> "A melhor causa é sempre a próxima"
>> Evandro Lins e Silva
>
>
>


-- 
Marcus Vinicius
--
"Havendo suficientes colaboradores,
Qualquer problema é passível de solução"
Eric S. Raymond
A Catedral e o Bazar

"O passado é apenas um recurso para o presente"
Clave de Clau

"A melhor causa é sempre a próxima"
Evandro Lins e Silva
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