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Re: deathtongue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas L. Thornton)
Tue Oct 29 18:50:27 2002
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 18:50:15 -0500 (EST)
From: "Thomas L. Thornton" <tomt@MIT.EDU>
To: hartmans@konishi-polis.MIT.EDU
CC: rotenberg@washofc.cpsr.org, licks@MIT.EDU, pismere-team@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: <tsl1y6cpypu.fsf@konishi-polis.mit.edu> (message from Sam Hartman
on Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:27:57 -0400)
Sam,
Following:
> "Thomas" == Thomas L Thornton <tomt@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
>> Regarding:
>>> While logged in as sipb0, I tried to run SecureCRT. It asked
>>> me to create a config file in my homedir, and when I clicked
>>> "Ok", it failed with the error
>>>
>>> The folder is not valid: 'H:\WinData\Application Data\Van Dyke
>>> Technologies\SecureCRT\Config' Please choose another folder.
>>>
>>> If this is failing due to some customization made by someone on
>>> this list, then they should fix what they broke. If SecureCRT
>>> is normally installed on WinAthena and it's broken out of the
>>> box, someone should report it upstream.
>
>> One of our students encountered this last year, but we
>> have yet to alter, or even port, the installer:
>> ...
>
> Interesting. I've actually noticed similar failures with some
> applications I've tried to install. The application tries to create a
> file in a non-existent directory in my home directory.
>
> Why does the application fail on Pismere but not on a normal setup?
Maybe a couple things. First, a (I presume) local account like sipb0
would not have an AFS profile mapped to its H: drive, to which a
pismere machine redirects profiles. Second, the app and pismere ACLs
might prevent anyone but a local admin account to write to other
registry or configuration dirs. I can't remember if SecureCRT
requires local admin privilege.
Note SecureCRT v3.1.2 has newer versions. There is a 3.4, but
according to the VanDyke FAQ, it still wants you to copy your profile
to the default location: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application
Data\VanDyke\SecureCRT\Config, which means a non-redirected profile
per machine.
Paul says he has a version 4, but no installer yet. Instead of the
manual registry and config dir changes you have to use on v3, perhaps
the new one will behave better. I would like to see pismere-team test
it first, but if you would like to try to build an installer, please
speak up.
-Tom
