Steve always has good point - thanks for making RedHawk a better  
environment.

I've added checks in
/software/partek/partekds/bin/partek
to provide more informational message.

Jaime, Dave, or Greg could come up with a better message by editting  
that file.

Thanks,
Robin

On May 17, 2006, at 12:35 PM, David Woods wrote:

> Steve,
>
>   I need to check with OSC to make sure they got the form and then  
> we can
> add you to the group.
>
>   I'll also look at the docs for module to see if it can do  
> something like
> you suggest.  Also, Robin may be able to come up with an  
> alternative to get
> a better message.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research Computing Support  
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Stephen E. Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:57 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: cluster software - Partek
>
> 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/parte
> kds.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