[AG-TECH] Reconfiguring GLOBUS_HOSTNAME in AG 2.1.1b

[Eric Olson]

Hi Kabe,
I have found that on some windows machines I have to logout and log back 
in for a variable such as GLOBUS_HOSTNAME setting to take effect.

I not aware of why this is sometimes needed at this time.

Eric

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Kabe Vanderbaan wrote:

> Has anyone come across this situation when reconfiguring Globus?:
> 
> (This is a Windows 2000 machine)
> (All windows and apps are closed)
> 1) I run Reconfigure Globus to set up GLOBUS_HOSTNAME
> 2) I choose an interface: 192.168.123.1
> 3) Reconfigure Globus exits normally
> 4) I run 'set G' from a new cmd line window and the GLOBUS_HOSTNAME variable is still 
> set to the old value
> 5) I go to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables and select 
> GLOBUS_HOSTNAME
> 6) GLOBUS_HOSTNAME shows 192.168.123.1 as its value.
> 7) I retype the ip address, select ok and now the 'set G' command displays the 
> updated value.
> 
> I hesitate to call this a bug so I wanted to see if anyone might have an idea why 
> this is happening or if they have come across this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kabe
> -- 
> Kabe VanderBaan, Senior Research Engineer
> Networks and Infrastructure Research, Motorola Labs
> Phone: 847-576-1832
> Cell: 847-980-4100
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