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Date: Sun 22-Dec-1991 15:19:26 From: jefu@akbar.nmt.edu (Jeff Putnam) Subject: NetInfoManager Does anyone have a pointer to the format of the netinfo database? I dont mean the functions to get to it (that are in /usr/include/nikit and /usr/include/netinfo), but the format of the database itself. I need this because NetInfoManager dies when I invoke it, but stuff like nidump seem to work ok. When i deleted the nidb database, NetInfoManager started ok. I think there is something wrong with the database and would like to check it manually. (Oh, yah, I reported this to NeXT and they dont seem to want to help me solve this problem.) jefu
Date: Sun 23-Dec-1991 21:34:35 From: johnr@oceania.com (John Robison) Subject: Re: NetInfoManager In article <1991Dec22.151926.18714@nmt.edu> jefu@akbar.nmt.edu (Jeff Putnam) > > Does anyone have a pointer to the format of the netinfo > database? I dont mean the functions to get to it (that > are in /usr/include/nikit and /usr/include/netinfo), but > the format of the database itself. > I can't help you here, but... > > I need this because NetInfoManager dies when I invoke it, > but stuff like nidump seem to work ok. When i deleted > the nidb database, NetInfoManager started ok. I think > there is something wrong with the database and would like > to check it manually. > Why don't you just re-build it?? If nidump and niutil work, this sould be a possible option - though not feasible if you have made many mods. There was a shell script posted a few months ago which stepped through a netInfo database and dumped everything. If there is demand, I can re-post or send it to those that need it. > > (Oh, yah, I reported this to NeXT > and they dont seem to want to help me solve this problem.) > Funny, but if the above statement were written about Apple or IBM, people would consider you a little crazy. NeXT does help those they can. Perhaps you are not a registered developer, or have not attended their classes, or did not buy directly from NeXT??? (No flames please, I just thought it amusing to ponder...) Perhaps a simple post to the net can solve your woes more quickly anyway. You might try c.s.n.sysadmin for netinfo type posts instead of c.s.n.programmer. John
Date: Sun 24-Dec-1991 22:20:03 From: jefu@akbar.nmt.edu (Jeff Putnam) Subject: Re: NetInfoManager In article <1991Dec23.213435.453@oceania.com> johnr@oceania.com (John Robison) writes: > In article <1991Dec22.151926.18714@nmt.edu> jefu@akbar.nmt.edu (Jeff Putnam) > writes: > Why don't you just re-build it?? If nidump and niutil work, > this sould be a possible option - though not feasible > if you have made many mods. There was a shell script posted > a few months ago which stepped through a netInfo database > and dumped everything. If there is demand, I can re-post > or send it to those that need it. Someone was kind enough to send me that, it dumped the info ok (more or less) but when I tried to rebuild the netinfo database, things got very screwy. > Perhaps a simple post to the net can solve your woes more > quickly anyway. You might try c.s.n.sysadmin for netinfo > type posts instead of c.s.n.programmer. Often this is the case (that the net responds more quickly than vendors). However, I already tried c.s.n.sysadmin with no luck. jefu
Date: Sun 28-Dec-1991 09:03:22 From: michael@stb.info.com (Michael Gersten) Subject: Re: NetInfoManager In article <1991Dec24.222003.28058@nmt.edu> jefu@akbar.nmt.edu (Jeff Putnam) writes: >In article <1991Dec23.213435.453@oceania.com> johnr@oceania.com (John Robison) writes: >> Why don't you just re-build it?? If nidump and niutil work, >> this sould be a possible option - though not feasible >> if you have made many mods. There was a shell script posted >> a few months ago which stepped through a netInfo database >> and dumped everything. If there is demand, I can re-post >> or send it to those that need it. Please, repost it. Nidump does not output everything from the netinfo database. Basic problem: If the entry in question has more than one entry in the "key" field, only one gets dumpped. I.e, if a user has, for example, a property name with value help, bbs, newuser, newacnt, demo, new Then nidump will only output the passwd line for the first one. Also, even if it did output everything, the resultant rebuilt (via niload) netinfo would not be identical. (Seperate entries instead of shared entries). Michael
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