# No Password Entry for User error **URL:** \ **Category:** Users/Site Administrators\ **Created:** [March 13, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/no-password-entry-for-user-error/3034 "2022-03-13T22:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![watzinki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@watzinki](https://community.openpbs.org/u/watzinki)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/no-password-entry-for-user-error/3034/1 "2022-03-13T22:00:02Z")
Hi All, I have been trying to install and get the PBS running on my small cluster consisting of two slave nodes and one master node, which is also set as 3rd execute node. Although I can connect from slave nodes to the master node or vice versa through ssh without entering the password, my jobs are not submitted to the slave nodes but run on only master node instead. I have removed PBS from nodes and reinstalled everything from scratch as well but no luck so far. Below is the output of the log file in one of the slave nodes. Seems like password related issue but, As I mentioned above, I can even log in to nodes as root from any node through ssh without the requirement of entering the password. I also opened the ports as directed in the installation instruction and disabled “selinux”. I am not sure what I am missing. Would appreciate any help to solve the issue. Thanks In advance, 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0100;pbs\_mom;Req;;Type 1 request received from root@192.168.1.1:15001, sock=1 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0100;pbs\_mom;Req;;Type 5 request received from root@192.168.1.1:15001, sock=1 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0028;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;No Password Entry for User ali\_0 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0008;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;kill\_job 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0100;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;hep-node2 cput=00:00:00 mem=0kb 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0100;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;Obit sent 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0100;pbs\_mom;Req;;Type 6 request received from root@192.168.1.1:15001, sock=1 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0080;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;delete job request received 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0008;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;kill\_job 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0100;pbs\_mom;Req;;Type 1 request received from root@192.168.1.1:15001, sock=1 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0100;pbs\_mom;Req;;Type 5 request received from root@192.168.1.1:15001, sock=1 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0028;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;No Password Entry for User ali\_0 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0008;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;kill\_job 03/06/2022 21:00:12;0100;pbs\_mom;Job;2067.hep-node0;hep-node2 ---
**Author:** ![watzinki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@watzinki](https://community.openpbs.org/u/watzinki)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/no-password-entry-for-user-error/3034/2 "2022-03-14T10:06:59Z")
Could anyone have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/no-password-entry-for-user-error/3034/3 "2022-03-14T13:44:40Z")
> [@watzinki](#): > > No Password Entry for User ali\_0 It means ali\_0 has no entry in /etc/passwd or the user does not exist on that system ( here the compute node that the job is scheduled to run on) Please check /etc/passwd file exists for all the nodes and if yes, whether all users are mentioned in that file. ---
**Author:** ![watzinki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@watzinki](https://community.openpbs.org/u/watzinki)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/no-password-entry-for-user-error/3034/4 "2022-03-14T20:50:02Z")
Thanks again for your reply @adarsh . I see that master node(ali\_0) and slave nodes(ali\_2, ali\_5) already have /etc/passwd file. Each passwd file contains an entry corresponding to its own name. For example, the passwd file in ali\_0 has an entry for ali\_0 only, while the passwd file in ali\_2 has an entry for ali\_2 only, etc. So you mean that every passwd file across all nodes has to have an entry for all users? I mean passwd file in ali\_0 has to have an entry for ali\_0, ali\_2, and ali\_5? or Do I need to create a user on all the nodes and master node with the same username so that /etc/passwd file will **include the same and only one user entry** across all the nodes eventually? ---
**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/no-password-entry-for-user-error/3034/5 "2022-03-14T21:11:38Z")
> [@watzinki](#): > > So you mean that every passwd file across all nodes has to have an entry for all users? I mean passwd file in ali\_0 has to have an entry for ali\_0, ali\_2, and ali\_5? Yes, thats correct The username (with UID,GID) should be same across the systems contributing to the the cluster. > [@watzinki](#): > > Do I need to create a user on all the nodes and master node with the same username so that /etc/passwd file will **include the same and only one user entry** across all the nodes eventually If you create the users then the passwd file will be automatically populated, make sure UID/GID of the users are same on all the nodes. For example you have this setup: headnode, node1, node2 userA, userB , userC should be created on all these systems independently making sure the UID and GID of these users are same across the systems respectively. Basic test: As userA@heanode can ssh into node1 and node2 ( & vice versa) and should be able to change into home directory upon login. ---
**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/no-password-entry-for-user-error/3034/6 "2022-03-14T21:12:49Z")
> [@Unable to submit the job on compute node(node01)](https://community.openpbs.org/t/unable-to-submit-the-job-on-compute-node-node01/2039/12): > > Please check the compute for whether user home direct exists can you login as that user on that compute node without any issues (passwordless ssh is working both ways server to node , node to server) check whether you can login to that compute node as that user with a password These hints would help to resolve. Thank you for sharing ---
**Author:** ![watzinki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@watzinki](https://community.openpbs.org/u/watzinki)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/no-password-entry-for-user-error/3034/7 "2022-03-15T18:48:46Z")
Thanks, @adarsh. I eventually got it to work thanks to your help. When I checked with the following commands, I see that all three nodes can communicate and execute the command. Although I have yet to check with the actual software I plan to use for my research; I am hoping that it will work seamlessly. qsub -l select=1:ncpus=1 -l place=excl – /bin/sleep 1000 qsub -l select=1:ncpus=1 -l place=excl – /bin/sleep 1000 qsub -l select=1:ncpus=1 -l place=excl – /bin/sleep 1000 qsub -l select=1:ncpus=1 -l place=excl – /bin/sleep 1000