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Jobs fail with exit code 255 on windows execution hosts

Troubleshooting


Problem

Jobs fail with exit code 255 on windows execution hosts

Resolving The Problem

LSF jobs fail with "exit code 255" on a Windows execution hosts. The Windows events logs show a corresponding “Access is denied" error message.

Jobs fail on Windows executions hosts with "exit code 255" when the submission users do not have read and execute permission to the command processor (cmd.exe). Grant submission users read and execute permission on cmd.exe to allow job execution without failure.

Steps on changing permission of cmd.exe are available on Microsoft Windows support page.

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 June 2018

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