Re: accessing dods files

[J-M Epitalon <Jean-Marie.Epitalon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Roland,

Sorry, this was a mistake.

File dods/.dodsrc and directory dods/.dods_cache actually existed but owned by root.
Actually, LAS had no write access to these files.

Jean-Marie

Jean-Marie,

>
> The first thing I would try is the procedure for turning off the DODS
> cache that is described here:
> http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/LASdoc/serve/cache/42.html
>
> If this works, you might just try removing the DODS cache directory and
> turning the caching back on.
>
> Roland
>
> J-M Epitalon wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >please, could anyone help me resolve the following problem ?
> >
> >I installed LAS on a Linux-RedHat9 platform.
> >I configured it to serve a DODS file: 30' topography from a DODS server
> >on NOAA web server.
> >
> >When I try with a browser to access this file, I get the following error
> >message:
> >
> >=========================
> >yes? go std_initialize
> >"http://www.ferret.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/data/PMEL/smith_sandwell_topo_v8_2.nc";
> >"1" "1" "rose"
> >  ** netCDF error: Invalid Argument
> >  is this a CDF file ?
> > set data
> >"http://www.ferret.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/data/PMEL/smith_sandwell_topo_v8_2.nc";
> >
> > Command file, command group, or REPEAT execution aborted
> >==========================
> >
> >When I start a ferret session (under user "root") and load the file
> >manually, using the above "set data" instruction, it works.
> >
> >I assumed LAS did not work with DODS because environment variable "HOME"
> >was not defined. Then, I added a definition in Ferret_config.pl for
> >ENV{HOME}.
> >    $ENV{HOME} = "/usr/local/las/server";
> >But this not fixed the problem.
> >
> >In Ferret_config.pl, there is also a line that defines a DODS config
> >file
> >    $ENV{DODS_CONF} = "dods/.dodsrc";
> >this file does not exist though its directory does exist and LAS server
> >has write acces to it.
> >Is it where the problem is ?
> >
> >Could anyone help me ?
> >thanks
> >
> >Jean-Marie Epitalon
> >CERFACS
> >Toulouse, France
> >
> >
> >