Hi Hal, Please prepare the bugzilla entry.
It is not critical -- I just think it is not convenient for an end user. Regards, Mirko Hal Rosenstock schrieb: > Hi again Mirko, > > On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 07:20, Mirko Benz wrote: > >> Hi Hal, >> >> This was a default/build all OFED install. Either we should place these >> tools under ../ofed/sbin or make it work for every body. >> > > The issue with making it work for everyone is that there's a chicken and > egg problem in that when the tools are built and installed, one doesn't > know how udev will be configured for umad. I agree that since the > default is to run as root, these should be in sbin rather than bin. Can > you file a bugzilla report for this (or do you want me to do it on your > behalf) ? Is this critical for OFED 1.1 ? > > >> At least a error message that umad access failed would be required. >> > Those are scripts and the errors are being returned from the lower level > programs invoked but not by the scripts. > > Would you please file a bug for this as well (or let me know whether I > should do this) ? > > Thanks. > > -- Hal > > >> Regards, >> Mirko >> >> Hal Rosenstock schrieb: >> >>> Hi Mirko, >>> >>> On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 06:59, Mirko Benz wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> We are testing OFED-1.1-rc5 under Scientific Linux x86-64 (RHEL 4 clone). >>>> Some IB diagnostics tools e.g. ibhosts and ibswitches (located under >>>> .../ofed/bin/) >>>> do not work with a normal user account -- no output given. It works as >>>> root though. >>>> >>>> >>> It depends on how you have udev access for umad setup. With the default >>> setup for IB, root is required as these diagnostics send SMPs which >>> require umad access which is limited to root. >>> >>> -- Hal >>> >>> >>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Mirko >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> openib-general mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe, please visit >>>> http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
