[daip] [!10230]: AIPS - AIPS installation on mac os sierra

[Eric Greisen]

Eric Greisen updated #10230
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              Status: Closed (was: Response Overdue)
                 Due: - Cleared - (was: 03 May 2017 02:29 PM)

AIPS installation on mac os sierra
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           Ticket ID: 10230
                 URL: https://help.nrao.edu/staff/index.php?/Tickets/Ticket/View/10230
           Full Name: Assaf Horesh
               Email: assafh at astro.caltech.edu
             Creator: User
          Department: AIPS Data Reduction
       Staff (Owner): Eric Greisen
                Type: Issue
              Status: Closed
            Priority: Default
      Template Group: Default
             Created: 27 April 2017 10:10 AM
             Updated: 05 May 2017 08:49 PM



You are attempting to use internet sockets without defining them.
So the aips manager FAQ page for details
he instructions to change your /etc/services file are often overlooked. The Inet versions of XAS with its TVSERV lock daemon, MSGSRV, and TEKSRV all require that predictable node numbers be reserved for them. The remote tape services also require these and do not offer a UNIX (non-network socket) option. In both cases, if you need to communicate between two computers (or more), the following must be installed in your /etc/services (or YP services):

sssin           5000/tcp        SSSIN      # AIPS TV server
ssslock         5002/tcp        SSSLOCK    # AIPS TV Lock
msgserv         5008/tcp        MSGSERV    # AIPS Message Server
tekserv         5009/tcp        TEKSERV    # AIPS TekServer
aipsmt0         5010/tcp        AIPSMT0    # AIPS remote FITS disk access
aipsmt1         5011/tcp        AIPSMT1    # AIPS remote tape 1
aipsmt2         5012/tcp        AIPSMT2    # AIPS remote tape 2
aipsmt3         5013/tcp        AIPSMT3
aipsmt4         5014/tcp        AIPSMT4
aipsmt5         5015/tcp        AIPSMT5
aipsmt6         5016/tcp        AIPSMT6
aipsmt7         5017/tcp        AIPSMT7

You do not need to install all the tape services unless you have a large number of tape devices on some computer.

Alternatively you could use Unix sockets so long as only one user needs them:

aips tv=local

See help aips inside the aips program (or chapter 2 of the CookBook).

Eric Greisen




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