Re: DAST: Multicast Beacon - lacrohn@cs.indiana.edu
At 09:36 AM 10/25/2004 -0500, Apache wrote:
>
> Contacting DAST re: Request for information about Multicast Beacon
> From: Lynne Crohn <lacrohn@cs.indiana.edu>
>
> Question/Comment:
> Is there a way to start the start_beacon.bat at windows
> startup? We'd like it to run whether someone is logged
> in or not, but we've only been able to add it to the startup
> programs.
Hi, Lynne -- You'll probably want to update to the latest release of the
Win32 version of the Beacon. It should do everything you're asking for
here.
Mitch
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Reply-To: <judson@mcs.anl.gov>
From: "Ivan R. Judson" <judson@mcs.anl.gov>
To: <ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov>
Subject: [AG-TECH] new windows beacon
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:58:28 -0500
There's a new windows beacon distribution. It's here:
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~judson/common-1.1.win32-py2.3.exe
This operates a bit differently, here are the details.
This beacon install will put a Program Files->RTPBeacon menu item. Under it
are the following entries:
1. Install Beacon Service (AutoStart)
2. Manually Start Beacon Service
3. Manually Stop Beacon Service
4. Remove Beacon Service
Once this is installed, just go and pick #1, then go and pick #2. The beacon
will fire up and you can go to http://beacon.dast.nlanr.net/ to see if you
show up.
I've fixed some reporting problems and other things, but most significantly
I've made these two changes:
- If there's an error with the beacon it now reports to the Application
Event log.
- The beacon runs as a windows service and can be managed using the standard
windows services mgmt tools.
--Ivan
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