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Yes, I get an error message from TXUrl. Gerri can you maybe check this and fix it so that localhost works again in the rootd url? Other question, how do I start xrootd so that is assumes relative paths to start in the users home directory? Now default is /tmp. Cheers, Fons. On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:24, Peter Elmer wrote: > Hi Fons, > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:48:43PM +0200, Fons Rademakers wrote: > > the rule in TFile::Open for opening via rootd currently is: > > > > "If the url points to the localhost and the file will be opened in > > readonly mode and the current user has read access or the specified > > user is equal to the current user then open local TFile." > > > > This feature is specially important for PROOF where we access files > > always via rootd urls (so any worker can access any file) but where the > > packetizer optimizes the work so that the workers mostly will get local > > files. Using the above feature these local files will be opened directly > > as TFile's and won't go through rootd. To force a local file to be > > opened via rootd specify as host "localhost". If TXUrl this also > > supports then we will have the same behavior. If this "localhost" > > feature is supported by netx/xrootd then we can always use that as > > "backdoor" to test xrootd on the same machine as where the client runs. > > Yes, the "localhost" option was in fact what Alvise and Fabrizio were > using themselves for this purpose. I've still not succeeded in building > the HEAD, but is the issue you are seeing related to the "in or out domain" > checks? That is what I was seeing with the last XTNetFile version before > they began the migration to TXNetFile. > > Pete > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Elmer E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 (22) 767-4644 > Address: CERN Division PPE, Bat. 32 2C-14, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Org: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics. Mail: 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 22 7679248 WWW: http://www.rademakers.org/fons/ Fax: +41 22 7679480