rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) (04/24/91)
I think remote administration is an out-of-band topic. Perhaps a MIB definition, and SNMP? (Semi-serious.) Did I already suggest this? I think I'd like to see a MODE command. This would be used by the client to tell the server what it is mainly going to be doing. The server could use it to switch among different programs. For example, MODE READ Switch to "nnrp" MODE FEED IHAVE Current IHAVE-style newsfeed MODE FEED DATE Going to be doing date-oriented stuff, like NEWNEWS MODE FEED BATCH Using the new batch-oriented stuff MODE ADMIN [site] Admin stuff related to site; default is local The command would be advisory, and server could reply with "ok", "unrecognized command", or "more authorization needed".