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Re: 19990603: ldm won't start on a linux machine which is not running portmapper...
- Subject: Re: 19990603: ldm won't start on a linux machine which is not running portmapper...
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:05:54 -0600 (MDT)
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
>
> 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
address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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