[McIDAS #YSZ-272620]: need help to setup a McIDAS ADDE server

Hi Hsie,

re:
> I am trying to setup a ADDE server (squall.al.noaa.gov) for field
> experiment.  I am using McIDAS2005 on a Red Hat Linux version 4.  The
> data are coming in OK.  The ADDE server seems running fine:
> 
> [root@squall xinetd.d]# sh /home/mcidas/mcidas2005/mcinet2005.sh list
> mcinet2005: mcidas transfer services installed and running:             YES
> [root@squall xinetd.d]#
> 
> 
> I can locate the data by mcidas user:
> 
> squall:[125]% whoami
> mcidas
> squall:[126]% dataloc.k
> 
> Group Name                    Server IP Address
> --------------------         ----------------------------------------
> AMRC                         UWAMRC.SSEC.WISC.EDU
> BLIZZARD                     ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> CIMSS                        SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> GINICOMP                     SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> GINIEAST                     SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> GINIWEST                     SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> GOESEAST                     UNIDATA2.SSEC.WISC.EDU
> ME7                          IO.SCA.UQAM.CA
> MYDATA                       <LOCAL-DATA>
> NEXRCOMP                     SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> PUB                          GP16.SSD.NESDIS.NOAA.GOV
> RTGINI                       <LOCAL-DATA>
> RTGRIDS                      SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> RTIMAGES                     SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> RTNEXRAD                     SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> RTPTSRC                      SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> RTWXTEXT                     SQUALL.AL.NOAA.GOV
> TOPO                         <LOCAL-DATA>
> 
> <LOCAL-DATA> indicates that data will be accessed from the local data
> directory.
> DATALOC -- done
> squall:[127]%

OK.  If you are following the Unidata McIDAS configuration guidelines, I would
strongly recommend that you slightly modify your testing to:

<login as 'mcidas'>
cd $MCDATA
dataloc.k

The reason to CD to the $MCDATA directory is because of the file REDIRECTions 
that
get defined if/when one follows the Unidata McIDAS setup guidelines.  The 
persistent
backing store for the REDIRECTions (i.e., the disk file that is created) is
named LWPATH.NAM.  One of the REDIRECTions that is defined locates LWPATH.NAM in
the current working directory, and this is designed to be the $MCDATA directory.

> But I can not list the data by other users:
> squall:[91]% whoami
> hsie
> squall:[92]% dataloc.k
> (command hung...)

I recommend the same slight modification of your testing as the non-'mcidas' 
user:

<login as hsie>
cd $MCDATA
dataloc.k

This seems to indicate that McIDAS is unable to create the ~/.mctmp directory
or subdirectories in ~/.mctmp.  It may also indicate that McIDAS is unable to
write to the directory that you were in when you ran DATALOC (dataloc.k).

Questions:

- what is the read/write permission on:

  1) ~mcidas/data
  2) ~mcidas/help
  3) ~hsie
  4) ~hsie/mcidas and ~hsie/mcidas/data

- are needed environment variables being created for 'hsie'?  I.e., did you
  setup the 'hsie' account to "source" the ~mcidas/admin/user_env.(sh|csh) file

- finally, and this should not have any direct relation to the problem you 
report,
  why are you running a two year old version of McIDAS?  I would recommend that
  you run the latest version which is v2007h

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YSZ-272620
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed