HTCondor Manual

Quick start guides

  • Users’ Quick Start Guide
  • Downloading and Installing
  • Overview

Reference Manuals

  • Users’ Manual
  • Administrators’ Manual
  • ClassAds
  • DAGMan Workflows
  • Python Bindings

Additional Docs

  • Cloud Computing
  • Grid Computing
  • Platform-Specific Information
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Windows
    • Macintosh OS X
    • Windows Installer
  • Recipes, Examples, and Other Answers
  • Version History and Release Notes

Reference, Glossary and Index

  • Commands Reference (man pages)
  • ClassAd Attributes
  • Codes and Other Needed Values
  • Glossary
  • Index
HTCondor Manual
  • Platform-Specific Information
  • Edit on GitHub

Platform-Specific Information

The HTCondor Team strives to make HTCondor work the same way across all supported platforms. However, because HTCondor is a very low-level system which interacts closely with the internals of the operating systems on which it runs, this goal is not always possible to achieve. The following sections provide detailed information about using HTCondor on different computing platforms and operating systems.

  • Linux
    • The condor_kbdd on Linux Platforms
  • Microsoft Windows
    • Limitations under Windows
    • Supported Features under Windows
    • Secure Password Storage
    • Executing Jobs as the Submitting User
    • The condor_credd Daemon
    • Executing Jobs with the User’s Profile Loaded
    • Using Windows Scripts as Job Executables
    • How HTCondor for Windows Starts and Stops a Job
    • Security Considerations in HTCondor for Windows
    • Network files and HTCondor
    • Interoperability between HTCondor for Unix and HTCondor for Windows
    • Some differences between HTCondor for Unix -vs- HTCondor for Windows
  • Macintosh OS X
  • Windows Installer
    • Detailed Installation Instructions Using the MSI Program
    • Unattended Installation Procedure Using the MSI Installer
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