Installation notes for bcnu on Linux

Last updated 27/4/00 by John Phillips

This document details any issues, problems or changes required for 
operation on linux.

bcnu Clients only
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ping problem

If using redhat 6+, there is a problem with the supplied ping. When a host is
down the ping never returns. There are two solutions, either optain a working
copy of ping (Redhat 5.2 is OK), or use the supplied contrib/perlping script.
To use the perlping script it must be setuid root

bcnu masters only
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The ping problem noted above also applies to master hosts

If you are using the bcnualert script to play sound then the dsp device
needs to be writable by the bcnu user

	chmod a+w /dev/dsp

If you are using the bcnualert script to pop up a Xwindow alert then you need
to allow connections from the bcnu user to your K desktop
add the following lineto your X startup either .xsession, .Xcliients, 
startkde etc

	xhost + localhost

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