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Hi Gregory, The config file is merely a sample. The line is there because that's how we determine whether the node is acting as a manager or a server (excuse the "master" reference -- historical again). ANyway, substiture whatever mechanism is appropriate for your site (there should have been a comment to that effect, unless you are woking with a partiuclarly old distribution. In fact, I would suggest you grab the latest that we released today. You are correct in that this forced the redirector and olbd to run on the same host. That's how we prefer to do it. However, you are also correct in that it need not be that way. They can run co-located or not. Indeed, if you have more than one, some pairings will not be co-located. Any suggestion is clarifying the examples will always be appreciated. Andy On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Gregory J. Sharp wrote: > In the etc/StartXRD.cf and etc/StartOLB.cf example files we find the > following line. > > RESP=`/usr/local/bin/taylor -q opts | grep '^olbd=.*master'` > > 1. We don't have a program called "taylor" and I wondered what it does. > 2. In the case of the StartXRD.cf, should it really be grepping for > oldb=.*master, or should it be looking at xrootd=.*master?? > > As written it would seem to force the olbd master and the xrootd > redirector to run on the same host, which may well be efficient and > desirable, and therefore a "good thing", but perhaps not conducive to a > clear understanding of how things work (as evidenced by my suspicion > about why it is done this way). > > -- > Gregory J. Sharp email: [log in to unmask] > Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory url: > http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~gregor > Dryden Rd ph: +1 607 255 4882 > Ithaca, NY 14853 fax: +1 607 255 8062 > >