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... 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). Ray
