Running the MDS

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You can start the MDS in the following manner (the first time you start the MDS, you need to enter several configuration settings, see next topic):

Windows:
After installation, you can start the MDS. The following steps are required to start MDS.

For Windows XP:

1.	Click Start > All Programs > Metatude > Metatude Dialogue Server > Metatude Dialogue Server

2.	The first time you do this, the application asks you some questions. Make sure you have made the right preparations to answer these questions.

For Windows 2000/98/95

1.	Click Start > Programs > Metatude > Metatude Dialogue Server > Metatude Dialogue Server

2.	The first time you do this, the application asks you some questions. Make sure you have made the right preparations to answer these questions.

Linux:
After installation, you can start the MDS. The following steps are required to start MDS.

1.	Login as the root user, open a terminal window

2.	Go to the directory where the MDS is installed (the default is /opt/mds)

3.	Start the MDS by typing: ./mds

4.	The first time you do this, the application asks you some questions. Make sure you have made the right preparations to answer these questions.

Running the Linux version of the MDS with a normal user:
Only directly after the installation you need to run the MDS with the root user. After you have successfully entered all the preferences (see next chapter) you can run the MDS under any normal user. The MDS needs write access to its logfiles and to the preference files. The logfiles are located in the directory /var/log/mds and the preference files are located at /opt/mds/preferences.dat and /opt/mds/mds.lax.To set the proper rights on these files, enter these commands in a console window:

chown youruser.yourgroup /var/log/mds
chown youruser.yourgroup /var/log/mds/*
chown youruser.yourgroup /opt/mds/preferences.dat
chown youruser.yourgroup /opt/mds/mds.lax

Here, youruser is the username you want to use and yourgroup the default group for that user (or any other group you wish to use). You can then start the MDS under the user 'youruser'. You can create a new user in Linux by using the command adduser. Set the home directory of your newly created user to the installation directory of the MDS (default: /opt/mds).

The script that starts the MDS as a service assumes that you run the MDS with the root user. Please modify this script to run the MDS with your newly created user. See the chapter 'Running as a Service' for more details.