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Hmmm, I know I was able to get root somehow in 0.91 or whatever the
last packaged release was. 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? <br>
<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"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:godber@uberhip.com">godber@uberhip.com</a>></span>
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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>
<br>
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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<div class="h5"><br>
<br>
On 03/14/2011 08:55 PM, Chris Diehl wrote: </div>
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<div>
<div class="h5">Hello,
<div><br>
</div>
<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. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Doing an 'easy_install <packagename>'
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> [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> /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Perhaps your account does not have write
access to this directory? 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. 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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