[daip] MacBook and remote tapes

[Joan Wrobel]

Oh, yes, both remote machines I tried had TPMONs running.  - Joan

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J.M. Wrobel                                            jwrobel at nrao.edu
NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico, USA        http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~jwrobel/
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On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Eric Greisen wrote:

> Joan Wrobel writes:
> > Gang:  From my MacBook anik, I tried a remote dat mount on alfirk and
> > also on mizar.  Neither worked despite killing and restarting TPMONs.
> > The complaint is shown below.  Maybe what I am trying is impossible?
> > Thanks.  - Joan
> >
> > >inp mount
> > AIPS 1: MOUNT:    Verb to software mount a tape
> > AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
> > AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > AIPS 1: INTAPE        1                    Tape unit # (0=> 1)
> > AIPS 1: DENSITY    6250                    Density to set on mount.
> > AIPS 1: REMHOST    'MIZAR'                    Remote computer name
> > AIPS 1: REMTAPE       2                    Remote tape drive number
> > >mount
> > ZVTPO2 connect (INET): Connection refused
> > AIPS 1: ZMOUNR: UNABLE TO OPEN SOCKET TO REMOTE MACHINE, ERROR    1
> > AIPS 1: ZMOUNT: ERROR     1 RETURNED BY ZMOUN2/ZMOUNR
>
> Is TPMON actually running on mizar?  This is the usual error when it
> is not.  Note however that Macs have trouble opening sockets to the
> outside world.  There are usually defenses against such things.
>
> Eric Greisen
>