Re: [Condor-users] Condor installation woes.

["John Alberts" <Alberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure about about the first error, except that it's obviously having a problem trying to set permissions on the c:\condor directory to readonly for everyone and full for administrators.
 
The second problem: I've only had condor hang like that when it was having problems with the built-in windows firewall.  I have the firewall turned off, and the following in my condor_config.
ADD_WINDOWS_FIREWALL_EXCEPTION = FALSE
WINDOWS_FIREWALL_FAILURE_RETRY = 10
 
I've found it easier to just use the zip file instead of the installer they provide.  That way I can customize the install to our environment easier.  NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net) is what I use.
 
 
John Alberts
Technical Assistant for EMS
alberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
219-989-2083
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http://public.xdi.org/=john.alberts

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From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Buhl, Marshall
Sent: Mon 10/30/2006 6:31 PM
To: Condor-Users Mail List
Subject: [Condor-users] Condor installation woes.



Hi,

We've used Condor occasionally for a couple of years.  We have another big project to do and we decided to upgrade to the latest version (v6.8.2) and also add a bunch of new PCs to our pool.  Unfortunately, we're having severe installation problems.  

I've not been able to find a pattern, but the installation works like a charm on some computers and gives me fits on others.  We are using Condor on Windows boxes (Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Server 2003 x64).

When I run on my personal XP desktop, I get a pop-up window that says:

"CUSTOM ACTION "ExeCaKeyF04" FAILED(unexpected return code). LOCATION: C:\Condor\, COMMAND: "cmd.exe" /c echo y|cacls "C:\condor" /t /g Everyone:R Administrators:F"

I see in the archives that others have reported this problem, but I found no answers.

On one server (Server 2003), the installation runs, but it gets hung trying to stop the Condor service.  I've found with previous versions that I sometimes had to set the Condor service to start manually and reboot the computer to stop the service for upgrades or uninstalls.

If anyone can provide any help, I will be most appreciative.  Condor is such a powerful tool, but it is causing me to waste a lot of time right now.  Time I don't have.


Marshall

 

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