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Marcelo, While certain LDM utilities must be owned by root and setuid, it is not necessary for the LDM user to be root. Indeed, that is a dangerous situation. If your LDM user is root, then something is very wrong with your installation. > Hi Steve > > Thank you for your email, it did not worked at first because the ldm user did > not have root access. I changed that and it worked. > > Thank you > > Marcelo > > -- > -- > Marcelo Somos Valenzuela, Ph.D. > The University of Texas at Austin > Environmental and Water Resources Engineering > Phone: +1-512-657-9017 > Skype: masomos Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HOB-718082 Department: Support LDM Priority: High Status: Closed