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[McIDAS #HNQ-544745]: Missing SYSKEY.DAT

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  • Subject: [McIDAS #HNQ-544745]: Missing SYSKEY.DAT
  • Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:15:40 -0700
Hi Angel,

re:
> Not sure who changed the password for the mcidas account but I changed
> it back...

Thanks.  I am now able to logon as 'mcidas'.

Here is what I found/did:

- you were correct: more than just SYSKEY.TAB and ROUTE.SYS were missing from
  the directory into which McIDAS decoders write their output 
(/ldm/data/mcidasd).
  The McIDAS-XCD files were also missing (*.RAT, *.RAP)

- because a bunch of stuff was missing, I resetup XCD decoding:

<as 'ldm'>
ldmadmin stop
cd /ldm/data/mcidasd
rm *.IDX *.XCD

<as 'mcidas'>
cd $MCDATA
rm -r *.ERR *.IDM *.PTR
rm *.001 GRAPHICS.KEY    <- should not have existed in $MCDATA
batch.k XCDDEC.BAT

<as 'ldm'>
cd
ldmadmin start

As I am writing this note, data is being ingested and decoded apparently
with no problems.  I will check in again later this evening to make sure
that things are still running smoothly.



Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HNQ-544745
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed