[AG-TECH] Reconfiguring GLOBUS_HOSTNAME in AG 2.1.1b

[Robert Olson]

This could be due to the "send_settingschange.exe" app not running (windows 
has strange requirements when changing environment variables).

Aha. I found a problem with some of the WinGlobus changes that were done in 
AGtk2.1 that appear to be causing this. Fixed in CVS:

http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/accessgrid/show_bug.cgi?id=484

A quick workaround that should solve the problem is this:

cd "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AccessGrid"
mkdir bin
mkdir config
cd bin
copy "\Program Files\Access Grid Toolkit\bin\pscp.exe"
cd ..\config
copy "\Program Files\Access Grid Toolkit\bin\send_settingchange.exe"

There was also a bug where even if that fix is in place, if the 
GLOBUS_HOSTNAME variable was to be cleared, the send_settingchange.exe app 
would not be run. You can either run

         "\Program Files\Access Grid Toolkit\bin\send_settingchange.exe"

by hand, or just rerun the network or globus init wizard (that command gets 
run when they start up).

--bob

At 03:42 PM 9/8/2003 -0500, 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
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