David Boyes <dboyes AT WOOD.HELIOS.ND DOT EDU> writes:

> >
> > Unable to locate valid trusted communications agent.
> > ANS4501E Trusted agent execution/owner permissions are invalid.
> > These messages started right after installing 1.2.07.
> > Thanks in advance for the solution.
>
> Someone turned off the setuid bit on the executable. chmod 4755
> the dsm executable while logged in as root, and it should begin
> working again.
>

I believe that dsmtca is the binary which should be setuid, not dsm.

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