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14 years ago

modelsim ase in multi-user environment

Linux platform specific: It seems that modelsim-ase only works if it is used by the installer. It's installed in our labs by root but when used by the students the following error occurs # C...
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14 years ago

[root@ptolome ~]# chmod -R u+s /usr/altera/modelsim_ase/*

[root@ptolome ~]# chmod go+x /usr/altera/modelsim_ase/vco

[root@ptolome ~]# chmod -R ugo-w /usr/altera/modelsim_ase/*

[root@ptolome ~]# chown -R nobody /usr/altera/modelsim_ase/*

would seem to be a workaround but I get very twitchy with setting the suid bit. Unsetting the write bit on everything would seem to confirm that it's the ownership not write permission that is the issue.

I haven't fully tested this yet but so far....