Re: [staf-users] Using IP addresses in the demo

[Charles R. <ra...@us...>]

sta...@li... said:

> Hi,
> In the STAFDemo, can I use an IP address instead of a machine name?  How
> about for trust level and other config commands that take a machine name?
> I can ping my remote machine from the command line (using the IP
address),
> but STAFDemoController puts out "Error starting process" when I use the
the
> IP address (I currently am not talking to a domain server).

In general, it's not really safe to use IP addresses with STAF,
particularly when starting processes.  You can get away with them in many
cases, but starting processes is generally not one of them.  The reasoning
is a little deep, so I'll skip it, unless you REALLY want to know.

We are planning a number of improvements in this area for version 3.0 of
STAF (due late 3rd quarter), including being able to use IP address in all
the places you mentioned.  As we get further down the road, we will start
posting implementation details for this on the staf-devel mailing list.
Stay tuned for details.

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Charles Rankin
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