Gentoo Archives: gentoo-cluster

From: Eric Thibodeau <kyron@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-cluster@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-cluster] Gentoo Clustering LiveCD/DVD (Google SoC 2008 project)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:09:13
Message-Id: 48B72207.2020400@neuralbs.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-cluster] Gentoo Clustering LiveCD/DVD (Google SoC 2008 project) by NyZeta
1 Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any difficulties getting it all
2 off the ground. There is one not-so-trivial bug with the current setup,
3 diradm (which you _must_ use to create your users (this implies not to
4 use the gentoo user), has a bug. The workaround:
5
6 When creating a "cluster" user, you must specify the userid, ie:
7
8 diradm -u 1001 -p mysimplepassword twitt1
9 diradm -u 1002 -p hissimplepassword twitt2
10 etc...
11
12 I'm obviously forgetting some other quirks but this was the last one
13 from the last commit. Quite frankly, if you have a chance to actually
14 install onto an HDD, I would suggest that approach instead (use the
15 ebuilds in the git) since the environment is not volatile ;)
16
17 Eric
18
19 NyZeta wrote:
20 > Hi Eric.
21 >
22 > I find your current project really great.
23 > I checked the information you've put out and I must say it really looks
24 > promising. I also downloaded your portage overlay from nabble. I'm going to
25 > give it a try to check it out. I've been playing around with drqueue and
26 > transcode farms