Training fails when logged-in as root#
Observed Error#
2023-05-04 10:15:40,465 ERROR: Uncaught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
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grpc._channel._InactiveRpcError: <_InactiveRpcError of RPC that terminated with:
status = StatusCode.PERMISSION_DENIED
details = "User{username='root',UID=0} is not allowed to execute this method /cluster.cluster_mgmt_pb.ClusterManagement/InitCompileJob. Please use a non-root user."
Explanation#
Running as root is considered a big security concern. Therefore, the root user is disallowed to run jobs in the Cerebras cluster.