Thanks Duc (and Jeremy). I used chmod +s, and now it works. -Brian. duc.do@dowcorning .com To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: cc: foxboro-bounce@fr Subject: Re: [foxboro] shut down DM from a script eelists.org 07/28/2004 03:38 PM Please respond to foxboro I change the setUID permission of pref (chmod +s /usr/local/pref, run as root) and I can issue the dmexit as a user other than root. Disclaimer: There's no guarantee that this change doesn't break anything. Use at your own risk. Duc -- Duc M. Do Dow Corning Corp. Carrollton Plant Carrollton, KY, US -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Brian Bates Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:27 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] shut down DM from a script Terry. Both DMCMD and dmcmd will work, - if you are logged in as root. If you are logged in as a non-root user, it doesn't work either way. This surprises me because by the looks of it, pref should be executable by anybody, if I am reading this properly. # ls -l /usr/local/pref -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 7264 Jun 24 1998 /usr/local/pref -Brian _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave