[ofa-general] Re: ibutils binaries configuration and installation questions

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi again Oren,

On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 20:00 +0200, Oren Kladnitsky wrote:
> Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > Hi Oren,
> >
> > Are the ibutils binaries meant to be run by root (like the other
> > management utilities) ? If so, by default, they should be in sbin rather
> > than bin. Also, is there a configure option for where the binaries go ? 
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -- Hal
> >   
> Hi.
> 
> 1. Yes - The diag apps should be run as root. The "real" restriction is 
> done by the umad interface permissions.

Right; that's the default rule.

>  I can move these apps to sbin dir.

as the default; Thanks.

> 2. Yes - Autotools configure "--bindir" flag can be set to install the 
> binaries to /usr/sbin for example.

Thanks.

-- Hal