Hi guys,
Here's a variety of abuse that was possible on the old Itanium
cluster: once PBS started your session, you could use it to telnet to
other nodes on the system that weren't allocated to your job and use them
to run programs of your choosing (or ftp there and store files).
Once we allow students on the system, their curiosity and creativity can
overcome their judgment. I know of at least two such cases among the very
small number of students who used the Itanium cluster. If we can configure
things to prevent this, it may be worth considering.
Steve