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Re: [ns] General ns question



On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Debojyoti Dutta wrote:

> 1. Check whether you have permission to change such a version of ns.
> 
> 2. Yes, if you change some files,it will affect teh final ns binary used
> by all the other users. 
> 
> Soln: have a private copy

More complicated saves-disk-space solution: use dup.

read: http://netweb.usc.edu/cs599/sharedns.html

replace the symlinked copy of a file you wish to change with the
modified file itself, recompile, and you have your own binary.

L.

> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Spiro Philopoulos wrote:
> 
> > Sorry if this question seems stupid but here it is: In ns when one of the
> > files are modified (e.g. one of the C++ files implementing a protocol), will
> > the file change for all users of ns that use ns over the same network? (ns has
> > been installed by the netadmin on the network for general access and not just
> > to an individual user account or machine). Any way to change this if it is so?
> > Thanks.

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