By default, an LSF job or command runs on the execution host under the user account that submits the job or command, with the permissions associated with that user account. Any UNIX or Windows user account with read and execute permissions for LSF commands can use LSF to run jobs—the LSF administrator does not need to define a list of LSF users. User accounts must have the operating system permissions required to execute commands on remote hosts. When users have valid accounts on all hosts in the cluster, they can run jobs using their own account permissions on any execution host.
Windows users must register their Windows user account passwords with LSF by running the command lspasswd. If users change their passwords, they must use this command to update LSF. A Windows job does not run if the password is not registered in LSF. Passwords must be 31 characters or less.
For Windows password authorization in a non-shared file system environment, you must define the parameter LSF_MASTER_LIST in lsf.conf so that jobs run with correct permissions. If you do not define this parameter, LSF assumes that the cluster uses a shared file system environment.