Mandatory. -----Original Message----- From: Winnie Lacesso Sent: Mar 21, 2011 10:24 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: glexec - mandatory or not? Happy Spring! There's conflicting data about having to or not. Some time ago someone said: > If you chose not to run glexec then you could opt out of user analysis > jobs and just get production jobs. Well that's the theory any way. Someone else said to me (Bristol) w.r.t our use of HPC: > The other option is to run glexec but not in root suid mode that would > give logging info but your site security policy may not agree with > running work from one user as another (the pilot). > The vo mainly affected is atlas which you are not so bothered about. True. > Lhcb mainly intend to do analysis at tier 1s so may also be less > bothered. I don't know the cms position but you will have a better idea > on that. Have placed query on that. Can the mandatory/not question of glexec be clarified?