McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2017.1

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Installing the McIDAS-X 2017.1 ADDE Remote Server

If this workstation has data that you want to make available to users on other workstations, you should install the McIDAS-X 2017.1 ADDE remote server. If the workstation does not have such data, proceed to Removing the Previous Version of McIDAS-X.

The 2017.1 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 2017.1 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. (Note that you cannot run the commands below using sudo; you must be logged on 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 (2016.2, 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 (xinetd on Linux and OS X) configuration files, forces xinetd to reread its configuration files, and attempts to verify that xinetd is no longer listening for ADDE requests from McIDAS-X clients.

To install the McIDAS-X 2017.1 ADDE remote server, go to step 4. Otherwise, proceed to Removing the Previous Version of McIDAS-X.

4. Install the McIDAS-X 2017.1 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  ./mcinet2017.1.sh  install  mcadde

This step modifies the Internet services daemon (xinetd) configuration files to make xinetd aware of the ADDE service, forces xinetd to reread its configuration files, and attempts to verify that xinetd 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 xinetd configuration you can restart xinetd by running the command sh  ./mcinetversion#.sh  restart from the ~mcidas directory while logged in as root.

If you have installed the ADDE remote server and want to make datasets that are accessible to McIDAS-X client workstations, go to Appendix I, McIDAS-X Site Administration and Management and its Acquiringand Naming Data on a Remote Server page for more information.


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