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[Support #TXN-293177]: LDM 6.6.5: make failure on Intel Mac (OS X 10.5)

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  • Subject: [Support #TXN-293177]: LDM 6.6.5: make failure on Intel Mac (OS X 10.5)
  • Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:56:59 -0700
Dave,

> Anything to encourage you to continue trying to get to the bottom of
> the problem! We don't really have an acceptable backup computer to use
> for the combined work of running the LDM, generating Web-based
> products triggered by receipt of data, and serving the products on the
> Web. That's what we bought the new computer (currently virga) for; its
> predecessor was struggling and appears partly disabled. We could try
> to set up one machine (with an older version of Mac OS X) to run the
> LDM and another to generate products and serve them on the Web, but
> that increases the complexity of the operation and decreases its
> reliability--I've been there already and desperately want not to have
> to go back to it.
> 
> The root account on virga is not enabled for security purposes.
> Instead, the usual, equally workable alternative is to run anything
> that you want to run as root by preceding it with the "sudo" command.
> I've (temporarily) configured the OS so that the ldm account has sudo
> privileges for everything. For example, to run desiredcommand as root,
> you'd run:
> 
> prompt%  sudo   desiredcommand   arguments

Thanks.  It works.  Unfortunately, we now have to wait for the
downstream IDS-receiving LDM to freeze.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TXN-293177
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Open