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InterMapper® is a network monitoring and alerting program. It provides an early-warning system that alerts an administrator to problems with their network servers and IP networks. For more information about InterMapper, please visit our web site at:
http://dartware.com/intermapper
InterMapper Server is a program that runs entirely in the background on Mac OS X — a Unix daemon.
InterMapper Server begins running when your computer boots up, before any users are logged in, and continues running even when no user is logged in.
InterMapper Server does not have its own graphical user interface. To interact with InterMapper Server, you can use one of these graphical user interfaces—the built-in InterMapper client or InterMapper RemoteAccess. The InterMapper client allows you to connect to the InterMapper Server running on your own machine. InterMapper RemoteAccess allows you to connect to InterMapper servers running on any computer on a TCP/IP network.
InterMapper Server 5.0.6 for MacOS X is shipped as a Mac OS X Installer package (.pkg file) which contains the necessary programs and support files. Here are the instructions for installing InterMapper Server if you are directly in front of the computer.
Double-click the file InterMapper-5.0.6.pkg and follow the instructions. You will need an Administrator password to install this software.
The installation process will place a copy of the InterMapper client application in your Applications folder on your hard drive. When the installer finishes, it will launch the InterMapper client so you can view and configure your InterMapper Server.
You will need a serial number to run InterMapper Server for more than one hour. If you are a customer with a current maintenance contract, your FULL serial number will work. If not, you can get a serial number via e-mail by filling out the form at:
The fastest way to get InterMapper running is to read the InterMapper Quick Tour or watch a Video Clip. In 15 or 20 minutes, you'll be monitoring your network with a map of your network.
The InterMapper manual is available in PDF and on-line HTML formats. The manual is also available locally via the Help menu in the InterMapper client.
Please visit our What's New? page for a list of the new features in InterMapper® 5.0.6.
The Release Notes describe the new features and bug fixes in this version.
After running the InterMapper Server .pkg installer, the following files will be on your disk:
The file "intermapperauthd" will be made setuid-root; it's used by intermapperd to access low-level network services, such as ICMP ping and low-numbered network ports.
The best way to start and stop InterMapper Server is to use the InterMapper Control Center, available on the right side of the Mac OS X menu bar. InterMapper Control Center will also indicate whether InterMapper Server is currently running and display the version of the installed software.
To start InterMapper Server from the command line, type:
sudo /usr/local/share/intermapper/Start.sh
To stop the server, use the similar "stop" command:
sudo /usr/local/share/intermapper/Stop.sh
To query the version of InterMapper Server that is installed, type:
/usr/local/bin/intermapperd -v
To check if InterMapper Server is currently running, type:
ps acux | grep intermapperd
To remove the InterMapper Server software from your system, type:
After removing the software, you must manually remove the "InterMapper Settings" directory located at "/Library/Application Support/InterMapper Settings".
InterMapper Server 5.0.6 is shipped as a Mac OS X Installer package (.pkg file) which contains the necessary programs and support files. To install InterMapper Server from the command line, you will use the installer -pkg "location" -target / command.
When you install InterMapper Server by double-clicking on the ".pkg" icon, InterMapper Server is configured to run as the user you are logged in as. When you install InterMapper Server via the command-line however, its configuration will default to run as the user name intermapper. Before installing InterMapper, you should create a user named 'intermapper' or follow the instructions of step 2 below to use a different user name.
Here are the instructions for installing InterMapper Server from the command line:
If you wish to run as the intermapper user, type the following command. You will be prompted for an administrator password:
# Create a user named "intermapper" if not already done.
sudo installer -pkg "InterMapper-5.0.6.pkg" -target /
When the installer finishes, InterMapper Server will attempt to run as the user 'intermapper'.
If there is no 'intermapper' user on your system, you can specify an alternative name using a configuration file:
# Install InterMapper as existing user named "joe".
sudo sh -c 'echo "USER joe" > /usr/local/etc/intermapperd.conf'
sudo installer -pkg "InterMapper-5.0.6.pkg" -target /'
Double-click your copy of InterMapper to launch the GUI client. Use InterMapper to view and configure your InterMapper Server.
You can also use InterMapper RemoteAccess to administer the InterMapper Server from another computer. However, before the server will accept connections from RemoteAccess, you must tell it where you will connect from:
sudo /usr/local/share/intermapper/Stop.sh
sudo /usr/local/bin/intermapperd --setenv "Admin=remote:password@*.*.*.*"
sudo /usr/local/share/intermapper/Start.sh
The --setenv Admin "remote:password@*.*.*.*" option tells InterMapper Server to accept Administrator connections from any IP address (*.*.*.*) with the user ID "remote" and the password "password". Immediately after you restart the server, you should launch InterMapper RemoteAccess on another computer and log into InterMapper Server to fully configure its users and groups.
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