Last Update:            23-Aug-2000
Operating System:       UNIX, NT
Component:              Pipe Channel
Base Level Required:    PMDF V6.0-23
Other Requirements:     none

Platform                Subdirectory            File(s) to download
--------                ------------            --------------------
OpenVMS VAX             [.VMS.VAX_EXE]          n/a
OpenVMS Alpha           [.VMS.ALPHA_EXE]        n/a
Digital UNIX            osf/bin/                pipe_master
Solaris SPARC           solaris-sparc/bin/      pipe_master
Solaris x86             solaris-x86/bin/        pipe_master
NT Intel                nt/bin/                 n/a
OS2                     os2/                    n/a


GENERAL INFO
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    When FTPing these images, be sure to FTP them as binary images. Before
 retrieving such an image with the GET command, be sure to put your FTP
 into binary mode with a command such as TYPE IMAGE or TYPE BINARY.


Change history
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23-Aug-2000
  Fixed a serious permissions problem in pipe_master for UNIX platforms.  The
  symptom was that if you used the user=foo option on the pipe channel, you'd 
  get a message of "Error changing gid to ..." from the pipe master program.



Installation
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OpenVMS [VAX] [ALPHA]
        
        n/a

UNIX [Solaris] [Digital UNIX]

        To install the new program(s), place the images into
        /pmdf/bin/ and execute the following commands:

        # chown root:mail /pmdf/bin/pipe_master
        # chmod 6711 /pmdf/bin/pipe_master


NT [Intel]

        n/a