.TH registerhost 8 Cornell .\" $Header: registerhost.n,v 1.2 86/12/15 11:26:19 jqj Exp $ .UC 4 .tr -\- ." differences between troff and nroff compensated here: .ie t .ds sc \(sc .el .ds sc section\ .ds lq \&"\" .ds rq \&"\" .if t \ . ds lq '' .if t \ . ds rq `` .SH NAME registerhost \- create clearinghouse entry for this UNIX host .SH SYNOPSIS .B registerhost [ .B -f ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Registerhost should be run as part of the installation of XNS support on a UNIX system. It queries the kernel and user for necessary information, then updates the Clearinghouse on the local network to contain an entry for this UNIX system. The Clearinghouse entry will be used by XNS clients (e.g. XDE Chat, the Cornell Bridge, etc.) to find the address of the UNIX host. .PP If the \fB-\fR option is used, the entry will also be added as a network file service. .PP Before running .I registerhost you must use .I ifconfig to enable an Ethernet interface for XNS use. .PP .I Registerhost first prompts for an XNS user name and password; you must have domain administrator status on the clearinghouse in order to update an entry. It next attempts to determine your XNS address. This address consists of a net number assigned by Xerox and a processor number which matches the Ethernet address of the interface on your machine. Note that if you have a UNIX host operating as a gateway with several Ethernet interfaces configured for XNS, all such interfaces must have the same Ethernet address, but must be on different networks, and all must be specified to .IR registerhost . .SH FILES /usr/local/lib/xnscourier/CH.addrs address of local Clearinghouse .SH "SEE ALSO" ifconfig(8) .SH DIAGNOSTICS .SH BUGS Probably lots of them. In particular, .I registerhost should determine Ethernet addresses by using ioctl(2) rather than asking the user. .SH AUTHORS JQ Johnson and Keith Sklower .PP