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diff --git a/network/munge/README b/network/munge/README index 3f2a3ad795..c19e6006b0 100644 --- a/network/munge/README +++ b/network/munge/README @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ -MUNGE (MUNGE Uid 'N' Gid Emporium) is an authentication service for creating and validating credentials. +munge (an authentication service) -It is designed to be highly scalable for use in an HPC cluster environment. -It allows a process to authenticate the UID and GID of another local or remote process -within a group of hosts having common users and groups. These hosts form a security realm -that is defined by a shared cryptographic key. Clients within this security realm can create -and validate credentials without the use of root privileges, reserved ports, or platform-specific methods. +MUNGE (MUNGE Uid 'N' Gid Emporium) is an authentication service for +creating and validating credentials. + +It is designed to be highly scalable for use in an HPC cluster +environment. It allows a process to authenticate the UID and GID of +another local or remote process within a group of hosts having common +users and groups. These hosts form a security realm that is defined +by a shared cryptographic key. Clients within this security realm can +create and validate credentials without the use of root privileges, +reserved ports, or platform-specific methods. On most platforms, the munged daemon does not require root privileges to run. If possible, you should run the daemon as a non-privileged user. @@ -13,5 +18,7 @@ This can be specified in the init script /etc/rc.d/rc.munge. # groupadd -g 310 munge # useradd -u 310 -d /var/lib/munge -s /bin/false -g munge munge -After installation a secret key file needs to be created. Follow instructions from: +After installation a secret key file needs to be created. Follow instructions +from: + https://github.com/dun/munge/wiki/Installation-Guide#creating-a-secret-key |