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Subject: ns-1 USER NAME SERVER 3.1
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Document Updated: 4 Dec 86
Subject: User Name Server: Introduction
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CSNET Coordination and Information Center (CIC) Hotline: 617/497-2777
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| CSNET Service Host: csnet-sh = csnet-sh.arpa = sh.cs.net |
| CSNET Relay Host: csnet-relay = csnet-relay.arpa = relay.cs.net |
| CSNET Info-Server: info-server@sh.cs.net = info@sh.cs.net |
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USER NAME SERVER: INTRODUCTION
NS 3.1 .................... 9 HOW-TO MESSAGES ........... 46
WHO CAN REGISTER? ......... 30 End ....................... 122
NS 3.1
The central CSNET User Name Server, Version 3.1, on the service host,
SH.CS.NET, is a directory database of users and hosts.
Any CSNET host that runs the UNIX operating system (BSD 4.1 or 4.2)
may receive "Local Agent" software for the User Name Server, at no
extra charge. Version 3.1 of the Local Agent Software, initially
available only for 4.2, was released in September 1985. This version
combines the "nicknames" and "mail forwarding" enhancements previously
announced as Phase II and Phase III.
On sites with Local Agent software, the 'ns' command runs the User
Name Server, which allows you to compose queries or register new users
interactively. Requests are sent to the central Name Server on
SH.CS.NET by electronic mail, and the responses are automatically
mailed back. On X25Net or Arpanet hosts, the 'ns' program on the
local host connects directly to the central User Name Server, and
response is immediate.
WHO CAN REGISTER?
A CSNET host is a host computer at a CSNET site (i.e., a CSNET member
organization) which is able to send mail to the CSNET. Each CSNET
site has one, or at most two, CSNET hosts which have been designated
as official CSNET hosts. On Phonenet sites, the offical CSNET hosts
are the only hosts with direct access to the CSNET. The official
hosts may act as gateways between the CSNET and other host computers
within the member organization. This is particularly important when
none of the other hosts is on the X25Net or Arpanet.
Only the official CSNET hosts are registered as "site entries" in the
Name Server, but all users at any CSNET host are eligible to register
in the CSNET User Name Server.
HOW-TO MESSAGES
CSNET Info Documents ns-2 through ns-7 explain how you can query the
User Name Server, register yourself as a new user, and edit your entry
from different types of hosts. Document ns-8 briefly describes the
new features of Version 3.1.
ns-2. QUERY with Local Agent or TELNET (Arpanet/X25Net)
If you are at an X25Net or Arpanet site, you can query the
central User Name Server interactively through Local Agent
Software or by direct TELNET connection. If you are at a
PHONENET site, you can use the Local Agent Software
interactively; responses from the central User Name Server are
returned by electronic mail.
ns-3. QUERY by Electronic Mail.
If your CSNET site has no Local Agent Software and no TELNET
access you can send and receive queries by electronic mail.
You can use this technique on any X25Net or Arpanet site when
you want the results of your queries in message form.
ns-4. REGISTER on Hosts with Local Agent Software.
Automatic registration requires the use of Local Agent
Software so that you can be authenticated by your login
identity. Although you can query the central User Name Server
over a direct TELNET connection, you cannot register yourself
as a new user. This is a matter of both policy and technical
considerations.
ns-5. REGISTER Non-Local Users with Local Agent Software.
If your host does not run the Local Agent Software but the the
software is installed on another CSNET host at your site, your
local Technical Liaison can register you.
ns-6. REGISTER by Electronic Mail.
If none of the hosts at your CSNET site run the Local Agent
software, your Technical Liaison can send User Name Server
registrations by electronic mail to the CIC@CSNET-CIC.
ns-7. EDIT Your Registration, MOVE to Another Host.
You can edit your registration using Local Agent Software on
the original host at any time. Your CSNET password allows you
to edit your entry on any host that has Local Agent Software,
or by telnetting to the central User Name Server, on SH.CS.NET
and using the 'ns' login. If your move to another host, you
can use your CSNET password to move your User Name Server
identity. This is important if you use the nickname feature.
ns-8. Nicknames and Mail Forwarding
With Local Agent Software, you can define personal "nicknames"
for addresses or lists, with the Local Agent Software. If you
define nicknames for people, and if those people transfer
their accounts to other CSNET hosts and use the MOVE command
to change their NS entries, the Local Agent Software will
automatically forward messages to them.