1579312 : isuues regarding access of partition

Created: 2026-02-24T13:23:17Z - current status: new

Here is the anonymized and summarized report:

Summary of Issue

A user from the CFEL-CMI group is unable to submit jobs to the cfel-cmi partition on the Maxwell cluster. The error message received is:

sbatch: error: Batch job submission failed: User's group not permitted to use this partition

The same job runs successfully when submitted to the allcpu partition, confirming that the issue is related to access permissions for the cfel-cmi partition.

Possible Solution

  1. Verify Group Membership: The cfel-cmi partition is restricted to users in the cd-wgs-cmi-users group (as per the partitions documentation). The user should confirm their group membership by running: bash getent netgroup cd-wgs-cmi-users If their username is not listed, they lack the required permissions.

  2. Request Access: Access to group-specific partitions (e.g., cfel-cmi) must be granted by the group administrators (CFEL-DESY admins for CFEL-related partitions). The user should contact the CFEL-DESY admins (or their group lead) to request inclusion in the cd-wgs-cmi-users group.

  3. Temporary Workaround: Until access is granted, the user can continue using the allcpu partition, which is open to all academic users.

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