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    Hmmm, I know I was able to get root somehow in 0.91 or whatever the
    last packaged release was.&nbsp; Maybe I just SSHed in as root and it had
    my key setup or something.<br>
    <br>
    Austin<br>
    <br>
    On 03/14/2011 10:00 PM, Chris Diehl wrote:
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      cite="mid:AANLkTikz==n05F2et-9i-kQwABOys4k4BQ_--cda_EXk@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">I should have mentioned that I tried 'sudo
      easy_install ...' and it prompted me for a password. Hitting
      return didn't do the trick...
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      <div>Once I am able to create a new custom AMI, shouldn't I be
        able to spin up a cluster of VMs all using the same image?&nbsp;<br>
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      <div>Chris</div>
      <div><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Austin
          Godber <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:godber@uberhip.com">godber@uberhip.com</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> You should be able to
              use sudo to do things as the root user:<br>
              <br>
              sudo easy_install boto<br>
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              I am pretty sure that works.<br>
              <br>
              Though you should keep in mind that will only run it on
              the current node and /usr/local isn't share between nodes
              ... at least as far as I know of.<br>
              <br>
              Austin
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                  <br>
                  On 03/14/2011 08:55 PM, Chris Diehl wrote: </div>
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                  <div class="h5">Hello,
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                    <div>I just successfully fired up my first cluster
                      in short order which is brilliant!</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>My first step was to try and install additional
                      modules so that I could save a custom AMI for
                      future use.&nbsp;</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Doing an 'easy_install &lt;packagename&gt;'
                      yielded:</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>-------------------------</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <div>error: can't create or remove files in
                        install directory</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>The following error occurred while trying to
                        add or remove files in the</div>
                      <div>installation directory:</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;[Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/test-easy-install-5265.write-test'</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>The installation directory you specified (via
                        --install-dir, --prefix, or</div>
                      <div>the distutils default setting) was:</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Perhaps your account does not have write
                        access to this directory? &nbsp;If the</div>
                      <div>installation directory is a system-owned
                        directory, you may need to sign in</div>
                      <div>as the administrator or "root" account. &nbsp;If
                        you do not have administrative</div>
                      <div>access to this machine, you may wish to
                        choose a different installation</div>
                      <div>directory, preferably one that is listed in
                        your PYTHONPATH environment</div>
                      <div>variable.</div>
                    </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div> -------------------------</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Does sgeadmin not have admin rights? Should I
                      be able to install software at will without
                      permissions issues?</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Chris</div>
                    <div><br>
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