mrose@CHEETAH.NYSER.NET (Marshall Rose) (04/10/90)
Hi. Some time ago I sent a note to the list introducing the NYSERNet/PSI White Pages Pilot Project (a large, distributed white pages service spanning multiple administrations). I am pleased to announce that we have added a new service for anonymous use: X window access to the White Pages. The "xwp" application displays the portions of the white pages you find "interesting", allowing you to both search the white pages and browse: by clicking on an entry, you can find out about it's children or about the entry itself. A PSI Technical Report is available, use anonymous FTP to host nisc.nyser.net and retrieve four files from directory pilot/ps/. They are xwp-1.ps xwp-2.ps xwp-3.ps xwp-4.ps You should be able to print these files on a PostScript. (If you don't have FTP-connectivity to the Internet, you are out of luck, you can not retrieve the technical report.) /////// Here's how to try it out: 0. If your X display has access control enabled, you do: xhost +wp.psi.com 1. You telnet from an window with terminal type "xterm" to wp.psi.com and login as fred. 2. You will be asked if X window access is desired. If so, you enter the name of your X display. This should be something like IP-address:0.0, e.g., 192.33.44.20:0.0 3. The telnet process will disappear and an "xwp" window will appear on your display. /////// Caveats: 1. Report any problems to wpp-manager@nisc.nyser.net 2. If you want to join the wpp-users discussion group, send a note to wpp-request@nisc.nyser.net 3. If you don't have IP-connectivity to the Internet, you are out of luck, you can not try out this service. Have fun! /mtr
pte900@csc.anu.oz (Peter Elford) (04/11/90)
In article <29453.639763981@cheetah.nyser.net>, mrose@CHEETAH.NYSER.NET (Marshall Rose) writes: > Hi. Some time ago I sent a note to the list introducing the > NYSERNet/PSI White Pages Pilot Project (a large, distributed white pages > service spanning multiple administrations). I am pleased to announce > that we have added a new service for anonymous use: X window access to > the White Pages. > > The "xwp" application displays the portions of the white pages you find > "interesting", allowing you to both search the white pages and browse: > by clicking on an entry, you can find out about it's children or about > the entry itself. And it works well. > 2. You will be asked if X window access is desired. If so, you enter > the name of your X display. This should be something like > IP-address:0.0, e.g., > > 192.33.44.20:0.0 Sometimes you don't get the prompt for your display IP address and get dropped into the old line-mode wp server. Why is it so ? Peter Elford, e-mail: P.Elford@aarnet.edu.au Network Co-ordinator, phone: +61 6 249 3542 Australian Academic Research Network, fax: +61 6 247 3425 c/o, Computer Services Centre, post: PO Box 4 Australian National University Canberra 2601 Canberra, AUSTRALIA