<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37462" dir="ltr">Hi <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37460"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37461" lang="EN-GB">Øystein</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37562" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37460"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37461" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37561" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37460"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37461" lang="EN-GB">Whoever told you that is mistaken. If you type "-v role" in the web query form it shows you the allowed syntax for a ROLE object's "nic-hdl:" attribute:</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37560" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37460"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37461" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></div><pre id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37546">From 2 to 4 characters optionally followed by up to 6 digits
optionally followed by a source specification. The first digit
must not be "0". Source specification starts with "-" followed
by source name up to 9-character length.
</pre><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37457"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37407" class="qtdSeparateBR"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37568" dir="ltr">So you can set any Nic Handle you wish as long as it follows these rules and it doesn't already exist and has never existed (they cannot be reused after deletion).<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37569"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37570" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37877"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37875">cheers</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37876">denis<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37572" dir="ltr"><br></div><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37411" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37410" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37409" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37408" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37451" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Øystein Gåsdal <dal@alesund.kommune.no><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "'db-wg@ripe.net'" <db-wg@ripe.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 30 April 2016, 1:00<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37891"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37890" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [db-wg] Is it possible to choose your own NIC Handle when creating ROLE objects?<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37415" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0091358222">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37463" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37659" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37658" lang="EN-GB">I’m trying to create some ROLE objects, but encounter an error:
<span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding">nic-hdl: Syntax error</span></span><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37450" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37449" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37448" class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37447" lang="EN-GB">I was told from support that in ROLE and PERSON object, I must use AUTO-1 as NIC handle.</span></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37464" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37446" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37445" class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37444" lang="EN-GB">This information is not correct for the PERSON object, since I choose my own NIC handle when I created my own PERSON object.</span></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37443" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37442" class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37441" lang="EN-GB">So is there a way around this for the ROLE object, too?</span></span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461839647145_37412" class="yiv0091358222MsoNormal"><span class="yiv0091358222ng-binding"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks.</span></span></div>
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