[mpich-discuss] Running MPICH2 on Windows -- Username and Password Issue

[Thomas Massey]

Thank you Jayesh.  The -localonly option seems to work just fine.

Bests,
Chris

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Jayesh Krishna <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> Hi,
>  Unfortunately we currently don't have enough developer bandwidth to add a
> new authentication mechanism for launching MPI jobs.
>  However, if you just want to run MPI jobs on a single node/machine you
> should be able to use "-localonly" or "-localroot' option with mpiexec.
>
> Regards,
> Jayesh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Massey" <dr.chris.massey at gmail.com>
> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:23:56 AM
> Subject: [mpich-discuss] Running MPICH2 on Windows -- Username and Password
>     Issue
>
>
>
> I have MPICH2 installed and running on a Windows PC. This machine requires
> a user to login via an authentication with an exchange server. Our IT
> security policy for login to a machine has changed recently and we will now
> be using a smartcard (CAC) and pin number instead of username/password to
> authenticate to a machine. These means that a password is not available for
> entering into the mpiexec.exe when requested. Can the username and password
> be disabled somehow? Can a CAC and pin be used to provide the required
> information for mpiexec.exe?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
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