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[LDM #SWB-825395]: LDM question: sticky bit

James,

> We are running the LDM in non-traditional ways here. Let me cover the salient
> points:
> 
> First, our old version was 6.6.5 but my question arose as I separately tested 
> the
> new version 6.13.6.
> 
> Second, we run different LDMs on different ports here. For example, the two I 
> am
> testing are running on ports 3880 & 3883.
> 
> Third, the LDMs are run by scripts in a real-time system. Thus, we run ldmd
> directly.

The ldmadmin(1) script is responsible for initial creation of the LDM log file 
-- so if its not being used and that's not done, then the log file will be 
owned by root if logging is through the system logging daemon. If that's the 
case, then I suggest modifying your scripts so that they touch(1) the log file 
before executing the LDM.

> Fourth, we set up log files either by adding '-l logfile' to the ldmd 
> execution
> line or simply leaving '-l' off completely. This depends upon the context. I 
> have
> tried testing it both ways and we end up with root-owned log files each way. 
> (In
> the first case, the log file is under our control and in the second, syslog
> manages it.)
> 
> Finally, our Administrators installed the LDM from a homemade RPM (they prefer
> RPMs for third-party software). So ldmd was installed as follows:
> 
> [ldm@llwxldm2new ~]$ ls -l /opt/ldm/bin/ldmd
> -rwsr-xr-x. 1 root root 56976 Sep 19 15:05 /opt/ldm/bin/ldmd
> 
> Perhaps we're getting into trouble due to the non-standard installation?

Quite likely.

> One of
> our Administrators reported finding evidence that the LDM was once available 
> as an
> RPM, but could not find a recent one. So he made his own somehow--apparently, 
> he
> found everything that was required in the download package.

Yeah. That's a perennial problem. RPM-s are good for Red Hat based systems, but 
not for all others; hence the lack of support for binary installations.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SWB-825395
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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