[LDM #IXG-702275]: LDM setup up problem questions

Hi Yoori,

re:
> I downloaded the LDM distribution as a ldm. Please see the attached to show
> the result as a screenshot.

Your screenshot indicates that 'root' is the owner of the LDM distribution file,
ldm-6.4.6.tar.Z.  Evidently you downloaded the distribution as 'root', not 
'ldm'.

> And yes, I have privilege as root.

Please do the following:

as 'root' change the ownership of the home directory of the user 'ldm' to 'ldm':

<as 'root'>
cd ~ldm                          <- that the character before 'ldm' is a tilda, 
not dash
pwd                              <- verify that you are in the HOME directory 
of 'ldm'
chmod 664 ldm-6.4.6.tar.Z        <- change the read/write permissions on the 
LDM distribution
chown ldm:ldm . ldm-6.4.6.tar.Z  <- change the ownership of the HOME directory 
of 'ldm' and
                                    of the LDM distribution

After doing this, become the user 'ldm':

su - ldm                         <- the character sorrounded by spaces is a dash
pwd                              <- again, verify that you are in the HOME 
directory of 'ldm'

At this point, you should be able to unpack the distribution and build the LDM:

tar xvzf ldm-6.4.6.tar.Z
cd ldm-6.4.6/src
./configure
make
make install
sudo make install_setuids        <- assumes you have sudo installed.  If you do 
not then
                                    run the following instead:
su                               <- you will need to supply 'root's password 
make install_setuids
exit

If 'configure', 'make', 'make install', and 'sudo make install_setuids' 
completed without
error, you can continue with your installation as follows:

cd                               <- you should be the user 'ldm'; if you are 
this will take
                                    you to the HOME directory of the user 'ldm'
ln -s ldm-6.4.6 runtime
ln -s runtime/* .

At this point the LDM should be built and installed.  You next need to identify 
where
to put data that the LDM will receive.  This is done in the ~ldm/data directory 
(again a
tilda, not a dash), but this may be a link to a directory on a file system that 
has lots
of space.  If the partition you installed the LDM on is where you want to save 
data, then
create the data and logs subdirectories:

cd
mkdir data
mkdir data/logs
ln -s data/logs logs

From here you will need to decide what data you want to receive and how much of 
it
you want to keep on disk.  The best thing to do is continue with the LDM 
installation
and configuration documentation on our LDM webpages.

> Thank you.

No worries.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IXG-702275
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed