It doesn't look as though I've been added to the Partek group yet.  I'd 
like to try it out and maybe show it to some of the statisticians.

Also, the Partek directory itself has permission only for the partek group, 
so the error message generated by non-group users executing 'partek' is

>-bash: partek: command not found

rather than a "permission denied" error.  Would it be possible for 'module 
load partek' to check if the user is already in the group and then return 
some sort of informative error message like:

"Partek usage requires special permission - please email 
<[log in to unmask]> for assistance" ?

Or instead of the rescomp email address, it could cite the URL

<http://www.units.muohio.edu/mcs/academictechnology/research_computing/partekds.shtml>.

Steve

At 02:34 PM 5/15/2006, you wrote:
>I've loaded the Partek Discovery Suite on the cluster.  This is an
>environment for doing statistical analysis and visualization.  The license
>is part of the OSC statewide license, but has an additional requirement.
>
>Every principal investigator who wants to use the software has to complete a
>form and return it to OSC.  There is a link to this on the documentation
>page with instructions to e-mail us after they return the completed form to
>OSC.  Robin has setup a group and restricted the permissions on the Partek
>executables so that only people in the group can run it - others get a
>permission denied error.  Once people let us know they have completed the
>form, we'll have to check with OSC and then Robin can add them to the Partek
>group.
>
>I don't know how many people will want to use this, but wanted to explain it
>before we start seeing e-mails about it!  I'm going to announce the
>availability of it (and TotalView) to the cluster users list and the CACR
>list.
>
>Dave