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<title>The DXSpider Administration Manual v1.49</title>
-<author>Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)</author>
-<date>November 2001 revision 1.1</date>
+<author>Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)</author>
+<date>February 2002 revision 1.3</date>
<abstract>
A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
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<P>
-As usual, any text behind a # is treated as a comment and not read.
+As usual, any text behind a # is treated as a comment and not read. To use
+this file, simply rename it from startup.issue to startup. In our example
+above there are three options. The first option is the amount of spots that
+a user can request with the <em>sh/dx</em> command. Normally the default is
+to give 10 spots unless the user specifies more. Without this line enabled,
+the maximum a user can request is 100 spots. Depending on your link quality
+you may wish to enable more or less by specifying the number. If you simply
+uncomment the line, the maximum would be 1 spot!
+<P>
+The other 2 options are dealt with more fully in the security section.
+
+<P>
Secondly, it is used to store the login scripts for users and nodes. Currently
this can only be done by the sysop but it is envisaged that eventually users will
be able to set their own. An example is included in the distibution but here is
<sect1>The Aliases file
<P>
-You will find a file in /spider/cmd/ called Aliases. First, copy this file to
-/spider/local_cmd/Aliases and edit this file. You will see something like this ...
-
-<tscreen><verb>
-
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-# provide some standard aliases for commands for terminally
-# helpless ak1a user (helpless in the sense that they never
-# read nor understand help files)
+You will find a file in /spider/cmd/ called Aliases. This is the file that
+controls what a user gets when issuing a command. It is also possible to
+create your own aliases for databases and files you create locally.
-# This file is automagically reloaded if its modification time is
-# later than the one stored in CmdAlias.pm
-
-# PLEASE make this file consistant with reality! (the patterns MUST
-# match the filenames!)
-
-# Don't alter this file, copy it into the local_cmd tree and modify it.
-# This file will be replaced everytime I issue a new release.
+<P>
+You should not alter the original file in /spider/cmd/ but create a new file
+with the same name in /spider/local_cmd. This means that any new Aliases files
+that is downloaded will not overwrite your self created Aliases and also that
+you do not override any new Aliases with your copy in /spider/local_cmd/. You
+must remember that any files you store in /spider/local/ or /spider/local_cmd
+override the originals if the same lines are used in both files.
-# You only need to put aliases in here for commands that don't work as
-# you desire naturally, e.g sh/dx on its own just works as you expect
-# so you need not add it as an alias.
+<P>
+The best way of dealing with all this then is to only put your own locally
+created Aliases in the copy in /spider/local_cmd. The example below is
+currently in use at GB7MBC.
+<tscreen><verb>
+#
+# Local Aliases File
+#
package CmdAlias;
%alias = (
- '?' => [
- '^\?', 'apropos', 'apropos',
- ],
- 'a' => [
- '^ann.*/full', 'announce full', 'announce',
- '^ann.*/sysop', 'announce sysop', 'announce',
- '^ann.*/(.*)$', 'announce $1', 'announce',
- ],
- 'b' => [
- ],
- 'c' => [
- ],
- 'd' => [
- '^del', 'kill', 'kill',
- '^del\w*/fu', 'kill full', 'kill',
- '^di\w*/a\w*', 'directory all', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/b\w*', 'directory bulletins', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/n\w*', 'directory new', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/o\w*', 'directory own', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/s\w*', 'directory subject', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/t\w*', 'directory to', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/f\w*', 'directory from', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/(\d+)', 'directory $1', 'directory',
- ],
- 'e' => [
- ],
- 'f' => [
- ],
- 'g' => [
- ],
- 'h' => [
- ],
- 'i' => [
- ],
- 'j' => [
- ],
- 'k' => [
- ],
- 'l' => [
- '^l$', 'directory', 'directory',
- '^ll$', 'directory', 'directory',
- '^ll/(\d+)', 'directory $1', 'directory',
- ],
- 'm' => [
- ],
- 'n' => [
- '^news', 'type news', 'type',
- ],
- 'o' => [
- ],
- 'p' => [
- ],
- 'q' => [
- '^q', 'bye', 'bye',
- ],
- 'r' => [
- '^r$', 'read', 'read',
- '^rcmd/(\S+)', 'rcmd $1', 'rcmd',
- ],
- 's' => [
- '^s/p$', 'send', 'send',
- '^sb$', 'send noprivate', 'send',
- '^set/home$', 'set/homenode', 'set/homenode',
- '^set/nobe', 'unset/beep', 'unset/beep',
- '^set/nohe', 'unset/here', 'unset/here',
- '^set/noan', 'unset/announce', 'unset/announce',
- '^set/nodx', 'unset/dx', 'unset/dx',
- '^set/nota', 'unset/talk', 'unset/talk',
- '^set/noww', 'unset/wwv', 'unset/wwv',
- '^set/nowx', 'unset/wx', 'unset/wx',
- '^sh$', 'show', 'show',
- '^sh\w*/buck', 'dbshow buck', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/bu', 'show/files bulletins', 'show/files',
- '^sh\w*/c/n', 'show/configuration nodes', 'show/configuration',
- '^sh\w*/c$', 'show/configuration', 'show/configuration',
- '^sh\w*/com', 'dbavail', 'dbavail',
- '^sh\w*/dx/(\d+)-(\d+)', 'show/dx $1-$2', 'show/dx',
- '^sh\w*/dx/(\d+)', 'show/dx $1', 'show/dx',
- '^sh\w*/dx/d(\d+)', 'show/dx from $1', 'show/dx',
- '^sh\w*/email', 'dbshow email', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/hftest', 'dbshow hftest', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/vhftest', 'dbshow vhftest', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/qsl', 'dbshow qsl', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/tnc', 'who', 'who',
- '^sh\w*/up', 'show/cluster', 'show/cluster',
- '^sh\w*/w\w*/(\d+)-(\d+)', 'show/wwv $1-$2', 'show/wwv',
- '^sh\w*/w\w*/(\d+)', 'show/wwv $1', 'show/wwv',
- '^sp$', 'send', 'send',
-
+ 'n' => [
+ '^news$', 'type news', 'type',
],
- 't' => [
- '^ta$', 'talk', 'talk',
- '^t$', 'talk', 'talk',
- ],
- 'u' => [
- ],
- 'v' => [
- ],
- 'w' => [
- '^wx/full', 'wx full', 'wx',
- '^wx/sysop', 'wx sysop', 'wx',
- ],
- 'x' => [
- ],
- 'y' => [
- ],
- 'z' => [
+ 's' => [
+ '^sh\w*/buck$', 'show/qrz', 'show',
+ '^sh\w*/hftest$', 'dbshow hftest', 'dbshow',
+ '^sh\w*/qsl$', 'dbshow qsl', 'dbshow',
+ '^sh\w*/vhf$', 'dbshow vhf', 'dbshow',
+ '^sh\w*/vhftest$', 'dbshow vhftest', 'dbshow',
],
)
+
</verb></tscreen>
-You can create aliases for commands at will. Beware though, these may not
-always turn out as you think. Care is needed and you need to test the
-results once you have set an alias.
+<P>
+Each alphabetical section should be preceded by the initial letter and the section
+should be wrapped in square brackets as you can see. The syntax is straightforward.
+The first section on each line is the new command that will be allowed once the
+alias is included. The second section is the command it is replacing and the last
+section is the actual command that is being used.
+
+<P>
+The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that in the first section, the new
+alias command has a '^' at the start and a '$' at the end. Basically these force
+a perfect match on the alias. The '^' says match the beginning exactly and the
+'$' says match the end exactly. This prevents unwanted and unintentional matches
+with similar commands.
+
+<P>
+I have 3 different types of alias in this file. At the top is an alias for 'news'.
+This is a file I have created in the /spider/packclus/ directory where I can inform
+users of new developments or points of interest. In it's initial form a user would
+have to use the command <em>type news</em>. The alias allows them to simply type
+<em>news</em> to get the info. Second is an alias for the <em>show/qrz</em>
+command so that those users used to the original <em>show/buck</em> command in
+AK1A will not get an error, and the rest of the lines are for locally created
+databases so that a user can type <em>show/hftest</em> instead of having to use
+the command <em>dbshow hftest</em> which is not as intuitive.
+
+<P>
+This file is just an example and you should edit it to your own requirements.
+Once created, simply issue the command <em>load/alias</em> at the cluster
+prompt as the sysop user and the aliases should be available.
+
<sect1>Console.pl
export 5467 /spider/perl/keps.in
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+<P>
would export message number 5467 as a file called keps.in in the
/spider/perl directory.
+<P>
Now login to a VT as sysop and cd /spider/perl. There is a command in
the perl directory called <em>convkeps.pl</em>. All we need to do now is
convert the file like so ...
./convkeps.pl keps.in
</verb></tscreen>
+<P>
Now go back to the cluster and issue the command ...
<tscreen><verb>
load/keps
</verb></tscreen>
+<P>
That is it! the kepler data has been updated.
<sect1>The QRZ callbook
<P>
<tt>
-<bf>accept/announce [0-9] <pattern></bf> Set an accept filter
+<bf>accept/spots [0-9] <pattern></bf> Set an accept filter
line for spots
</tt>
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