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Installing the McIDAS-X 2009 ADDE Remote Server

It is strongly recommended that you install the McIDAS-X 2009 ADDE remote server. End-user access to datasets defined by the user mcidas, is most easily done through the ADDE remote server. If you do not install the ADDE remote server, each user will be forced to define ADDE datasets using DSSERVE in the same way that mcidas in the previous section. If you choose to not install the ADDE remote server, proceed to Removing the Previous Version of McIDAS-X.

The 2009 ADDE remote server uses port 112 for gzip-compressed, uncompressed and compressed data transfers. See Clients and Servers, and Appendix I, McIDAS-X Site Administration and Management for more information about remote servers.

Continue with the procedure below to remove the previous version's ADDE remote server, and install the McIDAS-X 2009 ADDE remote server. If any other service is using port 112, you will be notified during the procedure and be given the option of overriding it with the McIDAS ADDE service.

1. Log on to the workstation as root.

2. Change to the home directory for user mcidas.

Type:  cd  ~mcidas

3. Uninstall the previous version's ADDE remote server. Replace version# in the command below with the previous version number of McIDAS-X (2007, for example). If you used an account other than mcadde for your ADDE remote server, insert that account name in place of mcadde.

Type:  sh  ./mcinetversion#.sh  uninstall  mcadde

This step removes the modifications made to the Internet services daemon (inetd on AIX, HP-UX, IRIX and Solaris; xinetd on Linux and OS X) configuration files, forces inetd to reread its configuration files, and attempts to verify that inetd is no longer listening for ADDE requests from McIDAS-X clients.

To install the McIDAS-X 2009 ADDE remote server, go to step 4. Otherwise, proceed to Removing the Previous Version of McIDAS-X.

4. Install the McIDAS-X 2009 ADDE remote server. If you use an account other than mcadde for your ADDE remote server, insert that account name in place of mcadde in the command below.

Type:  sh  ./mcinet2009.sh  install  mcadde

This step modifies the Internet services daemon (inetd) configuration files to make inetd aware of the ADDE service, forces inetd to reread its configuration files, and attempts to verify that inetd is listening for ADDE requests from McIDAS-X clients.

Notes:

  1. You can check the status of the ADDE remote server at any time by running the command sh  ./mcinetversion#.sh  status from the ~mcidas directory while logged in as root.
  2. If you make changes to your inetd configuration you can restart inetd by running the command sh  ./mcinetversion#.sh  restart from the ~mcidas directory while logged in as root.


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