- For the Mac, I believe that /var/run is going to be owned by root and of the group "daemon". If the user account you are logging in as can't write there, you will need to put the logs elsewhere where you can write. You can change the log directories by editing mdce_def.sh, which is in matlabroot/toolbox/distcomp/bin. You'll likely need to change PIDBASE, LOCKBASE, LOGBASE and CHECKPOINTBASE. This will also be moving the logs to a "non-standard" location, which you'll need to remember if you ever need to look at them for some reason.
- On the Windows host, there can be a few things going on -- one can be that you are running with UAC enabled, and that is preventing the service from being installed. Or it's also possible you are using an account that does not have administrative privileges to install the server. You can get around the UAC thing by doing the "mdce install" in an elevated prompt, but if you want to do this remotely, you need to switch off UAC in order to allow remote changes to the system, as there's no way to respond to the elevation prompt.
I'll also note that installation support is available by calling in, too.
I'd also encourage concentrating on the Windows or Mac hosts first, then move onto the other platform.
