[Spread-users] First steps with Spread : can't get it run :(

[Eric Cholet]

Ryan Caudy wrote:

> Please send your spread.conf, and the exact error you receive.  The  
> problem you describe is usually caused by one of two things: an  
> incorrect segment/host configuration in the spread.conf, or a host  
> that is unable to identify itself using gethostname() and  
> gethostbyname() as one of those in the configuration.  The solution to  
> the latter problem is to start spread with the -n option.  Also,  
> please clarify: is spread.log really empty, or is it just only  
> containing the things that print every time, like the banner, init  
> information, etc?

     % cat myspread.conf
     Spread_Segment  195.154.174.63:4803 {

         hades     195.154.174.54
     }
     EventLogFile = spread.log

     % spread -c myspread.conf
      
/ 
======================================================================== 
===\
     | The Spread Toolkit.                                                
         |
     ip_init: IP access control file not found.
     If you are using IP based access controls, please make sure the  
file exists.
     Conf_init: using file: myspread.conf
     Successfully configured Segment 0 [195.154.174.63:4803] with 1  
procs:
                         hades: 195.154.174.54
     % cat spread.log
     Finished configuration file.
     Conf_init: My proc <86>^^^ is not in configuration
     Exit caused by Alarm(EXIT)

without EventLogFile:

     % cat myspread.conf
     Spread_Segment  195.154.174.63:4803 {

         hades     195.154.174.54
     }
     afpdirec at hades:~/conf% spread -c myspread.conf >spread.log &
     [1] 32323
     % sleep 20; ls -l spread.log
     -rw-r--r--  1 foo  foo  0 May 25 16:45 spread.log
     % host 195.154.174.54
     54.174.154.195.IN-ADDR.ARPA is a nickname for  
54.26-0.174.154.195.IN-ADDR.ARPA
     54.26-0.174.154.195.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer  
hades.logilune.com
     %

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Eric Cholet