RE: {bb} Custom Extensions

["Collins, Kevin" <kCollins@nesbittengineering.com>]

> In <H00000730009b41d.1126816073.concorde.nesbitt.local@MHS> 
> "Collins, Kevin" <kCollins@nesbittengineering.com> writes:
> 
> >9). On the Server, I added the client to the 
> $BBHOME/etc/bb-hosts file and copied to the client's 
> $BBHOME/etc directory.
> 
> >Now, I am getting this in $BBHOME/BBOUT:
> 
> >Thu Sep 15 16:22:47 2005 bb-afaraid2.sh Thu Sep 15 16:22:47 2005 bb 
> >CAN'T CONNECT TO bbd SERVER @ 127.0.0.1 Thu Sep 15 16:22:47 2005 
> >bb-local.sh Thu Sep 15 16:22:47 2005 bb CAN'T CONNECT TO bbd 
> SERVER @ 
> >127.0.0.1
> 
> Sounds like the bb-hosts file you have uses "127.0.0.1" as 
> the IP address of your BB server. That won't do when you are 
> using clients ... make sure the host listed as BBDISPLAY in 
> the bb-hosts file has the real IP address there, not 127.0.0.1.

Henrik,

Thank you for the answer.  I feel so stupid after beating my head against the wall for two days and finding out something that *should* have been obvious to me.  (Humble Pie doesn't taste good, if anyone's interested. :-0 )

To my credit, there is this step in the README.INSTALL file, which I followed to the letter....

"but first add an entry for this client in the etc/bb-hosts file on your BBDISPLAY/BBPAGER/BBNET host.
   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx this.host.name  #
Then copy the BBDISPLAY/BBPAGER/BBNET bb-hosts file that you just modified into this directory on the client:"

There's nothing in that step that tells me to do the obvious.  I know, I know, it SHOULD be obvious, but I was following the documents for a program that I had very little experience with.  Isn't that what you're supposed to do?


At any rate, my problem is solved and I'm off an running now.  Thanks to all who responded.

Kevin

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