Re: ssh GSSAPI authentication issue

[Ole Tange]

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 5:27 PM, Joe Sapp <sappj@ieee.org> wrote:

> I'm trying to run some remote jobs with parallel (20170322) via ssh,
> but the authentication system here for ssh is set up to use GSSAPI.  I
:
> For example, this works, with the command being run remotely and locally:
>   seq 10 | env_parallel --sshlogin :,4/$SERVER echo
>
> These do not:
>   seq 10 | env_parallel --sshlogin :,4/$SERVER --load 75% echo
>   seq 10 | env_parallel --sshlogin :,$SERVER --load 75% echo
>   seq 10 | env_parallel --sshlogin :,$SERVER echo
>
> by which I mean that I am prompted for an alternate credential.  It
> seems to me that parallel is not passing the credentials on when it
> requests information from the server.  Can anybody provide some
> guidance or suggestions for debugging?

First, use parallel instead of env_parallel, so we can determine if
the problem is in the env_parallel wrapper.

Then get it working on VirtualBoxes, so others can reproduce the error.

/Ole