Re: 19990603: ldm won't start on a linux machine which is not running portmapper...

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Unidata Support wrote:

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> >From: "Myron McCallum" <address@hidden>
> >Subject: ldm won't start on a linux machine which is not running 
> >portmapper...
> >Organization: UNAVCO
> >Keywords: 199906031721.LAA22990 LDM portmapper
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> I'm assisting some engineers who are preparing computers to be
> used as gps data acquistion computers.  The data will be
> migrated to UNAVCO.  After encouraging these staff to use
> LDM, I installed it and all seemed OK - but now these staff
> have turned off portmapper as one of many activities done to
> help preserve security.  And LDM no longer starts up...
> 
> What suggestions do you have for running LDM and yet securing
> portmapper?

Hiya,

Yep, the ldm will not run without portmapper. The only alternative is to
install a firewall and open up port 388 and the other needed ports. That's
the best I can do in solutions.

Robb...


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> [ldm@gstx103]$ cd logs
> [ldm@gstx103]$ cat ldmd.log
> Jun 03 11:30:33 gstx103 rpc.ldmd[2075]: Starting Up (built: May 24 1999
> 20:44:35)
> Jun 03 11:30:33 gstx103 rpc.ldmd[2075]: Can't register service 300029 5
> tcp 388
> Jun 03 11:30:33 gstx103 rpc.ldmd[2075]: Exiting
> ...
> [ldm@gstx103]$
> [ldm@gstx103]$ cd bin
> [ldm@gstx103]$ pwd
> /home/ldm/ldm-5.0.8/bin
> [ldm@gstx103]$ ls -l *rpc*
> -rwsr-xr-x   1 root     ldmg       461077 May 24 20:44 rpc.ldmd
> [ldm@gstx103]$
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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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