LSF_ROOT_REX (Obsolete)
Syntax
LSF_ROOT_REX=all | text
Description
This parameter is obsolete in LSF Version 10.1 Fix Pack 10 and no longer allows root execution privileges for jobs from local and remote hosts. Any actions that were performed as root must instead be performed as the LSF administrator.
UNIX only.
Specifies the root execution privileges for jobs from local and remote hosts.
If defined as any value in the local cluster, allows root remote execution privileges (subject to identification checking) for jobs from local hosts in the same cluster, for both interactive and batch jobs. Causes RES to accept requests from root on other local hosts in the same cluster, subject to identification checking.
If defined as all in IBM® Spectrum LSF multicluster capability, allows root remote execution privileges (subject to identification checking) for jobs from remote and local cluster hosts, for both interactive and batch jobs. Causes RES to accept requests from the superuser (root) on local and remote hosts, subject to identification checking.
If LSF_ROOT_REX is not defined, remote execution requests from root are refused.
Default
Not defined. Root execution is not allowed.
See also
LSF_AUTH, LSF_DISABLE_LSRUN