RIH: ("Request for Hints on How to Learn Your System")

"Dale S. Johnson" <dsj at merit.edu> writes

OK, here we go for the db implementation stuff. I might miss some
history, have not been in for two days, and have not yet read all the
mails on this yet.

 * > (0) ftp to ftp.ripe.net and pull files A, B, C from X, Y, and Z directorie
 * s
 * >     Presumably A,B,C constist of things like the email parser, the restric
 * ted
 * >     shell for guardians, scripts that move data between files and into the
 * >     "master" db file, the RIPE whois server, etc.
 * > (1) If they do not already exist, set up similar directories on the new 
 * >     machine. 
 * > If A,B,C are C programs and not scripts...
 * > (2) Try to compile (if C, C++) A, B, C in their new directories.
 * > (3) Sort through compiler errors due to our using a different compiler and
 * >     go back to (2).
 * > (4) Find out the directory strucuture into which all registered data goes.
 * >     For example where is information parsed from email dumped.
 * > (5) Create said directories and files.
 * > (6) Find out new unix accounts need to be set up - and how they are to be
 * >     set up.  (PATH variables, restricted shells, email addresses, etc).
 * > (7) Create said accounts and set up environments.
 * > (8) Find out what checker programs are run and if they are done by hand,
 * >     by the registering party or by cron.
 * > (9) Learn to run said checker programs.
> (10) Have some lunch.
 * > (11) After lunch, try to send some test data to the email parser sitting o
 * n 
 * >      the new machine.
 * > (12) Try to enter some test data as a "guardian".
 * > (13) Spend time trying to figure out why (11) and (12) are not working.
 * > (14) Give up on (13) and set up a conference call with you guys in hopes
 * >      of sorting through things.

My suggestion:

- get the db software
- check and change the config
- follow the instructions to run a secondary server for the RIPE like info
- follow the instructions to do some simply updating
- try and do some automatic updating through the email interface
- try and change some bits in the config
- contact me if this all goes well, so I can explain the guardian bits
	some more, because that is hardly documented yet.

The database software will already generate a complete directory
structure for you, all that is needed to run the stuff, including
logging and all other things needed. Don;t start with the fancy
guardian stuff until you understand the rest of the software.

-Marten

PS If you already picked up the software, get the latest version, many
of the guarded stuff was not yet in the ftpable version, I just put
up a new version.




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