...right. An association isn't an "entity". You want to delete a "user" where name=clschf partition=k80 account=acct-clschf .
This won't entirely delete the user entity, only the record/association matching the name/partition/account spec. The foundation of SLURM nomenclature has some unfortunate choices. On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 10:02 PM Jianwen Wei <wei.jian...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to purge resource limit set by an association before, say > > *[root@slurm1]~# sacctmgr show asso partition=k80 account=acct-clschf* > * Cluster Account User Partition Share GrpJobs > GrpTRES GrpSubmit GrpWall GrpTRESMins MaxJobs MaxTRES > MaxTRESPerNode MaxSubmit MaxWall MaxTRESMins QOS > Def QOS GrpTRESRunMin* > *---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------- > ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- ------- ------------- > -------------- --------- ----------- ------------- -------------------- > --------- -------------* > * sjtupi acct-clsc+ clschf k80 100 > > normal,qoslong,qosp+ normal* > > > However, according to https://slurm.schedmd.com/sacctmgr.html "Add, > modify, and delete should be done to a user, account or cluster entity. > This will in-turn update the underlying associations." . Individual > associations can not be deleted. Am I right? > > Best, > > Jianwen >