[ome-users] Big problems with OMERO.importer on Mac OSx

Paulo Almeida palmeida at igc.gulbenkian.pt
Tue May 13 12:03:39 BST 2008 

Hi Ruben,

You mentioned you tried a direct connection to a switch; maybe you could try 
connecting the Mac directly to the server, to rule out any port restrictions 
from the network. I tested Importer in a regular user account, on MacOSX, and 
I'm sure others have too, so even if it is related to the JVM, it should not 
be a general issue but rather something specific to your configuration. You 
could also try installing the server on the Mac and see if you can connect to 
it, from the Mac and from a Linux client, but I'm not sure that would help.

- Paulo

On Tuesday 13 May 2008 10:32, » Ruben Alves wrote:
> Sorry Brian, it still not working for everyone :P
> It only works for the Mac with one User (the root admin account).
> Because, for shared Mac with multiple users, I will have to configure
> and try something in order to put all this working like a charm.
> In fact, this is very strange, if is the 1066 port, is actually above
> the 1024, but, like i say, Java for me is like glue, impossible to get
> off... and now is still better than in 1998.
> There nothing to see with restrictions or firewall, because i've tried
> with/without firewall, all kinds of Mac users. The problem is really JVM
> and Mac...
> Yesterday I made a screenshot of the Console Debugging window while i
> was trying to establish a connection with a regular user (with
> administration privileges):
>
> /    /
>
> The error msg is not very clear, but is understandable that the Client
> can't import some classes. all this because of the Java rights on Mac OSx.
>
>
> // ruben
>
> Brian Loranger wrote:
> > I'm glad you got it working Ruben,
> >
> > I was a bit surprised that you needed administrator access to use the
> > importer. It does open one port (1066) but this should be above the
> > range normally requiring administrator privledges. Do you have some
> > user setup there that restricts ALL ports from being opened (even
> > those above 1024)?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Brian Loranger
> > Software Developer, Open Microscopy Environment
> > Division of Gene Regulation and Expression
> > University of Dundee
> >
> > On 13 May 2008, at 09:25, » Ruben Alves wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
> >> Finally, i've come back with a big conclusion. In fact, my guess was
> >> right. The problem was with the Java Virtual Machine and Mac OS, and
> >> certainly not with OMERO.importer or my configuration file. The problem
> >> is one of big problems of Java: networking. In every platform,
> >> OMERO.importer try to open some ports on the client site when he logins
> >> (i don't understand why Importer opens those ports, because the main
> >> function of this application is to upload pictures). Anyway, and this
> >> port and network connection seems to be a big problem in Mac OSx,
> >> because he only establish to OMERO.server if he logged as a
> >> Administrator (the root one, not a simple Admin). So problem is truly
> >> the main engine of Mac OSx and Java. I'll try to sudothem'all, but is
> >> not a secure way to resolve this issue. If i found something more useful
> >> for the community i ll write /howto/ use OMERO.Importer with a standard
> >> Mac account.
> >>
> >> My best regards,
> >>
> >> // ruben
> >>
> >> Paulo Almeida wrote:
> >>> Hi Ruben,
> >>>
> >>> For what it's worth, I can connect to the server with Omero.importer
> >>> (latest
> >>> versions of both), on OSX (Tiger). It might be a firewall issue on
> >>> the client
> >>> side, but it seems weird that Insight would work and Importer not.
> >>>
> >>> - Paulo
> >>>
> >>> On Monday 12 May 2008 11:12, » Ruben Alves wrote:
> >>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>> I'm a fresh new user of OMERO (maybe one month), and i've build a
> >>>> fresh new Linux Server with OMERO here at IMM.
> >>>> Everything is working fine in every aspect. But, recently one of the
> >>>> project manager whanted to try it, but he just can't connect to
> >>>> OMERO on
> >>>> is MacOSx. But he only can't connect on the OMERO.importer, because
> >>>> the OMERO.insight is currently working perfectly in Windows , Linux
> >>>> and of course Mac.
> >>>> I've exported the error log. It's important to know, at the connection
> >>>> time, my firewall was off (iptables -F | iptables -X). And at the same
> >>>> time (with 1 or 2 minutes difference), another connection was
> >>>> established with a Windows client AND a Linux (ubuntu) client. The
> >>>> windows client was on the network, and the ubuntu client was on a
> >>>> Virtual Machine.
> >>>>
> >>>> I Really hope someone had this kind of bad experience. I've spent so
> >>>> many hours on that, and now i can't get a neutral view of the
> >>>> problematic.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> // Ruben
> >>>> ps: actually, on the log "ruben" is the login and "10.20.20.52" is the
> >>>> server ip address.
> >>>>
> >>>> 0          [  Thread-5] DEBUG           
> >>>> ome.formats.OMEROMetadataStore - Initializing store: ruben/<3chars>
> >>>> 10.20.20.52:1099
> >>>> 1013       [  Thread-5] INFO         
> >>>> ome.formats.importer.LoginHandler - java.lang.Exception:
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiLookupFailureException:
> >>>> JndiObjectTargetSource failed to obtain new target object; nested
> >>>> exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException [Root exception is
> >>>> java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host:
> >>>> ubuntu.fm.ul.pt; nested exception is:
> >>>>    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
> >>>>    at
> >>>> ome.formats.OMEROMetadataStore.<init>(OMEROMetadataStore.java:152)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> ome.formats.importer.LoginHandler.isValidLogin(LoginHandler.java:227)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> ome.formats.importer.LoginHandler.access$10(LoginHandler.java:223)
> >>>>    at ome.formats.importer.LoginHandler$1.run(LoginHandler.java:137)
> >>>> Caused by: org.springframework.jndi.JndiLookupFailureException:
> >>>> JndiObjectTargetSource failed to obtain new target object; nested
> >>>> exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException [Root exception is
> >>>> java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host:
> >>>> ubuntu.fm.ul.pt; nested exception is:
> >>>>    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
> >>>>    at
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectTargetSource.getTarget(JndiObjectTa
> >>>>rgetS ource.java:138)
> >>>>
> >>>>    at
> >>>> ome.client.JBossTargetSource.getTarget(JBossTargetSource.java:73) at
> >>>> org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamic
> >>>>AopPr oxy.java:184)
> >>>>
> >>>>    at $Proxy6.findByString(Unknown Source)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> ome.formats.OMEROMetadataStore.<init>(OMEROMetadataStore.java:149)
> >>>>    ... 3 more
> >>>> Caused by: javax.naming.CommunicationException [Root exception is
> >>>> java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host:
> >>>> ubuntu.fm.ul.pt; nested exception is:
> >>>>    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
> >>>>    at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:724)
> >>>>    at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:589)
> >>>>    at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate$1.doInContext(JndiTemplate.java:
> >>>>123) at
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.execute(JndiTemplate.java:85)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.lookup(JndiTemplate.java:121)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.lookup(JndiTemplate.java:146)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiLocatorSupport.lookup(JndiLocatorSupport.
> >>>>java: 93)
> >>>>
> >>>>    at
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectLocator.lookup(JndiObjectLocator.ja
> >>>>va:10 5)
> >>>>
> >>>>    at
> >>>> org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectTargetSource.getTarget(JndiObjectTa
> >>>>rgetS ource.java:131)
> >>>>
> >>>>    ... 7 more
> >>>> Caused by: java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host:
> >>>> ubuntu.fm.ul.pt; nested exception is:
> >>>>    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
> >>>>    at
> >>>> sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:574) at
> >>>> sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:185)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:171)
> >>>>    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:94)
> >>>>    at org.jnp.server.NamingServer_Stub.lookup(Unknown Source)
> >>>>    at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:627)
> >>>>    ... 16 more
> >>>> Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
> >>>>    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
> >>>>    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
> >>>>    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
> >>>>    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:430)
> >>>>    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:520)
> >>>>    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:470)
> >>>>    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:367)
> >>>>    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:180)
> >>>>    at
> >>>> sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirectS
> >>>>ocket Factory.java:22)
> >>>>
> >>>>    at
> >>>> sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMasterS
> >>>>ocket Factory.java:128)
> >>>>
> >>>>    at
> >>>> sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:569) ...
> >>>> 21 more
> >>>
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> >> --
> >> Ruben Alves
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