pmm@mips.COM (Paul M. Moriarty) (09/26/90)
A couple of weeks ago, somebody posted som information on the ph
nameserver that would supply information about a specific user by
querying a name server.
This was posted a couple of weeks ago and I thought I had saved it but
it turns out that I didn't.
Would some kind soul forward me a copy of the posting or info about
where I can get the code?
Thanks.
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Paul M. Moriarty pmm@mips.com {ames,decwrl}!mips!pmm
Sr Systems Administrator
MIPS Computer Systems, Inc +1 408 524 8335paul@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Paul Pomes - UofIllinois CSO) (09/27/90)
pmm@mips.COM (Paul M. Moriarty) writes: >A couple of weeks ago, somebody posted some information on the ph >nameserver that would supply information about a specific user by >querying a name server. > >This was posted a couple of weeks ago and I thought I had saved it but >it turns out that I didn't. Ph is the client portion of the UIUC/CSO developed nameserver. qi (Query Interpreter) is the central server and is derived from the CSnet program of the same name. qi handles a database of over 60,000 entries and encompasses the student/staff phone book, the unit directory, all Champaign- Urbana restaurants, plus hourly updated weather conditions and forecasts. Ph examines argv[0] to set the lookup type. "weather pdx" returns the Portland, Oregon current conditions, "unit biology" prints the phone number of the Biology Dept, and "ph robert penka" prints information about my manager. A whois server interface is also provided. Try "whois -h ns.uiuc.edu pomes". Phquery is a back-end to sendmail that translates addresses of the form foo@uiuc.edu to actual addresses. It uses a fuzzy matching system that first tries foo as a unique ph alias, then variations of the person's name. If none or multiple matches are found, the message is bounced with a helpful error message and a list of alternatives. Sources for all the above are available via anon-FTP from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu in the directories net/qi, net/ph, and mail/sendmail/uiuc. A compressed tar archive of the UIUC mail system is in pub/sendmail-5.64+IDA-1.3.5.tar.Z . A mailing list for qi/ph/phquery announcements and discussions can be joined by a message to info-ph-request@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu . /pbp -- Paul Pomes UUCP: {att,iuvax,uunet}!uiucuxc!paul Internet, BITNET: paul@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu US Mail: UofIllinois, CSO, 1304 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801-2910