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Problems running Catia in administrator mode V5

Problems running Catia in administrator mode V5

Problems running Catia in administrator mode V5

(OP)
Running Catia v5 sp4 on HPUX 11.0.

I can't seem to start Catia in administrator mode.  (I want to lock some environment settings globablly).

1.  I have CATReferenceSettingPath set.
2.  The directory it points to does exist.  
3.  I am logged in as root.
4.  I start Catia with #catstart -run CNEXT -admin
    a.  First off, I don't get the message that Catia
        has been started in admin mode.  Shouldn't I?
    b.  If I go to Tools/Options, the little "lock" icon
        shows up next to everything, however, it is
        grayed out.  I need to be able to pick these
        to globablly set option.

What am I doing wrong?  Any ideas?

RE: Problems running Catia in administrator mode V5

Hello,

here is my v5_admin start script for AIX perhaps you can use it:

export CNEXTOUTPUT=CONSOLE
export CNEXTSPLASHSCREEN=NO
export CNEXTBACKGROUND=NO
export CATNoStartDocument=YES
cd /usr/DassaultSystemes/B12/aix_a/code/bin
CNEXT -env /home/catocw/v5/CATEnv/CATIA.V5R12.B12 -admin


Regards
Stefan

RE: Problems running Catia in administrator mode V5

(OP)
Thanks .... that was enough to lead me down the right path ...

If anyone else is ever interested, here's what I had to do
1.  Set LIBPATH, SHLIB_PATH variables to <loadpoint>/hpux_b/code/bin
2.  I set the _HP_DLDOPTS variable too .. not entirely sure if I really had to do that or not.  Check out the catstart script (under command/code/bin?) for the value, I won't repeat it here.  I think this is just an HP variable.
3.  Start Catia in admin mode by using #CNEXT, NOT #catstart -run CNEXT.  

<loadpoint>/hpux_b/code/bin/CNEXT -direnv <direnv> -env <env> -admin

Not sure why it won't start using catstart -run CNEXT (other than the fact that the -admin flag ISN'T LISTED in the catstart script.  It would be nice if the documentation spelled this out, rather than me having to go on a wild goose chase.  I can't even remember now why I needed to run in administrator mode now ...

Ah well, there's my little rant for the day.  Again, thanks for your help.

Tracy

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