20051229: problem with ldm installation

>From: "Marcia M.Schubert Dolbrowolsky" <address@hidden>
>Organization: INPE/CPTEC
>Keywords: 200512291124.jBTBOW7s002845 LDM

Hi Marcia,

re:
>We are installing a new LDM machine on CPTEC for
>data relaying. But we are getting a unusual problem.
>
>Our installation pretends to be a very secure one. So
>we installed as few packages as possible.
>
>we are getting these errors:
>
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora rpc.ldmd[8490]: Starting Up (version: 6.3.0; 
>built: Dec  7 2005 11:29:05)
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora rpc.ldmd[8490]: Couldn't obtain local address 
>0.0.0.0:388 for server: Permission denied

This sounds like /etc/hosts is missing the entry defining localhost:

127.0.0.1       localhost loopback

(Note that the whitespace between 127.0.0.1 and localhost is a tab!)

>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora rpc.ldmd[8490]: Using local address 0.0.0.0:55011
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora rpc.ldmd[8490]: local_portmapper_running(): 
>clnttcp_create() failure: : RPC: Remote system error - C
>onnection refused
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora moingobe[8494]: Starting Up(6.3.0): 
>moingobe.cptec.inpe.br: TS_ZERO TS_ENDT {{IDS|DDPLUS,  ".*"}}
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora moingobe[8495]: Starting Up(6.3.0): 
>moingobe.cptec.inpe.br: TS_ZERO TS_ENDT {{SPARE,  "cptec.10mb"}}
> 
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora ensemble[8496]: Starting Up(6.3.0): 
>ensemble.ecmwf.int: TS_ZERO TS_ENDT {{SPARE,  "10mb"}}
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora ensemble[8497]: Starting Up(6.3.0): 
>ensemble.ecmwf.int: TS_ZERO TS_ENDT {{SPARE,  "20mb"}}
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora ensemble[8498]: Starting Up(6.3.0): 
>ensemble.ecmwf.int: TS_ZERO TS_ENDT {{SPARE,  "30mb"}}
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora moingobe[8495]: Desired product class: 
>20051228110004.829 TS_ENDT {{SPARE,  "cptec.10mb"}}
>Dec 28 12:00:04 mopora ensemble[8497]: Desired product class: 
>20051228110004.829 TS_ENDT {{SPARE,  "20mb"}}

>Usually we have no problems with the portmapper error. I think that the 
>problem is the premission denied on the local address
>I dont know why this error is happening.

I believe that your problem is the lack of the localhost entry
in /etc/hosts.

Also, did you do the last LDM installation step as 'root':

<as 'ldm'>
cd ldm-6.3.0/src
./configure
make
make install

<as 'root'>
cd ~ldm/ldm-6.3.0/src
make install_setuids

>Our System is an Opteron with FreeBSD 5.4

OK, thanks.  We are not running an LDM under FreeBSD 5.4 here at
the UPC, but another site (Plymouth State) is running the LDM with
no errors.

I just took a look at the Plymouth machine running the LDM,
storm.plymouth.edu, under FreeBSD 5.4 and see that their /etc/hosts
file's entry for local host is a little different than what I showed
above.  Here is their entries:

%cat /etc/hosts
::1                     localhost.plymouth.edu localhost
127.0.0.1               localhost.plymouth.edu localhost
158.136.64.200          storm.plymouth.edu storm
158.136.64.200          storm.plymouth.edu.

>Many thanks,
>The CPTEC's LDM crew.

Please try the simple mod to /etc/hosts that I suggested at the
beginning of this email.  If that doesn't work, try making
modifications like the ones that Plymouth uses.  In either case, please
let us know what works and what doesn't.  Thanks!

Cheers,

Tom Yoksas
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