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Celia, I changed the permissions for you for rpc.ldmd and hupsyslog Robb.... On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Celia Chen wrote: > Robb, > > I need the root passwd (or a lroot) to finish the installation of > ldm-5.0.8 on thelma. Could you give it to me or change > the permissions of rpc.ldmd and hupsyslog for me on thelma? > > Thanks. > > Celia > > > > Hiya, > > > > I am pleased to formally announce the LDM ldm-5.0.8 release. There were > > some inprogress versions released earlier to solve some pressing issues > > on the Linux platform. For sanity sake, if you have installed an earlier > > version of this release, move it to ldm-5.0.8.old before installing the > > latest version. Don't forget to stop the LDM before moving the release and > > change the runtime link. > > > > Changes made: > > > > 5.0.8 > > pqact palt.c was modified to fix \n bug. > > > > mailpqstats.in was modified for y2k bug > > > > ldmd.conf added debuging information, etc > > > > pqact.conf added checking info, ldmadmin new commands > > > > $(INCDIR)/paths.h no longer depends on definition for > > LDMHOME. > > > > Added missing "/"-s to file "misc/paths.h.in". > > > > In protocols/h_clnt.h deleted reference to kerberos error > > > > New command for ldmadmin pqactHUP > > > > For AIX compile > > Removed macro Free, replace with stdlib free > > files: pqact/filel.c pqact/palt.c pqact/pbuf.c > > pqbinstats/binstats.c pqing/wmo_header.c pqing/wmo_start.c > > pqing/xbuf.c protocol/h_clnt.c misc/alloc.h > > > > To add the PIL to wmo header changes to > > files: pqing.c wmo_header.c wmo_header.h > > > > ldmadmin watch again uses pqutil > > > > Modified makefiles: separated "all" and "install" > > targets and simplified rules. > > > > In particular, this distribution does not include the gdbm library, > > and so would not be backward compatiable with Peter Neilley's weather. > > If someone is building from source (or we are building binaries), an > > existing gdbm library can be used by setting the environment variable > > GDBMLIB prior to running configure. If the system already has gdbm > > installed in a place where the linker can find it simply by '-lgdbm', this > > is detected automatically and it is not necessary to set GDBMLIB manually. > > This _is_ the case on Linux, so it builds in a Neilly compatible way by > > default on Linux. > > > > Glenn also made the WMO header test in pqing/afos_message.c more lenient > > for AFOS feed. > > > > This is a binary as well as a source code release, there are binaries > > available for: > > > > linux_2.2-i686/ > > linux_2.2.5-i686/ > > osf1_4.0-alpha/ > > hpux_11.00-hp9000/ > > sunos_5.6-i86pc/ > > hpux_10.20-hp9000/ > > sunos_5.7-i86pc/ > > sunos_5.7-sparc/ > > irix_6.5-mips/ > > sunos_5.6-sparc/ > > aix_4.3-rs6000/ > > irix64_6.5-mips/ > > > > There are on-line installation instructions on the LDM home page. Report any > > problems to address@hidden . > > > > Robb... > > > > =============================================================================== > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric > > Research > > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > =============================================================================== > > > > > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================