QI(8L)                                                       QI(8L)



NAME
      qi - the CCSO Nameserver server (on-line phone book)

SYNOPSIS
      qi [-w] [-d] [-q]

DESCRIPTION
      Qi  manages  the database of the CCSO Nameserver.  It is the
      "server" program of the server-client pair that make up  the
      CCSO Nameserver (the client program is ph(1)).

      If  given the -w option, qi will run in read-only mode; com-
      mands that would change the database are  not  allowed.   If
      given  the  -d option, qi will be run as though invoked by a
      daemon; in this case, qi will limit the amount of  cpu  time
      it will consume.

      -q will cause prompts to be omitted even when run from a tty
      or pipe.

      Qi operates in "super-user" mode when run with its  standard
      input  is  a terminal, file, or pipe.  If its standard input
      is none of the above (implying  the  connection  comes  from
      over  the network) it runs in anonymous mode, and the opera-
      tions that may be performed are limited.

      Qi's availability may  be  controlled  by  the  file  /name-
      serv/db/prod.sta.   If  this file exists, and the first word
      in it is "read", then all invocations of qi will be in read-
      only  mode;  no writing of the database will be allowed.  If
      the first word of the file is not "read", qi will refuse  to
      run  at  all.   In  either  case,  the  remainder  of /name-
      serv/db/prod.sta will be printed by qi  as  the  reason  the
      database is unavailable.

FILES
      /nameserver/db/prod.{dir,dov,idx,iov,seq,bdx} - the database
      /nameserver/db/LockFile  -  flock(3) lock file for the data-
      base
      /nameserv/db/prod.sta - control file for the database.

SEE ALSO
      The CCSO Nameserver - An  Introduction,  by  Steven  Dorner;
      updated by Paul Pomes.
      The  CCSO  Nameserver  -  A  Description,  by Steven Dorner;
      updated by Paul Pomes.
      The CCSO Nameserver - Why, by Steven Dorner; updated by Paul
      Pomes.
      The  CCSO  Nameserver  -  Server-Client  Protocol, by Steven
      Dorner; updated by Paul Pomes.
      How To Rebuild A Nameserver Database, In 24 Easy  Steps,  by
      Steven Dorner; updated by Paul Pomes.
      The  CCSO  Nameserver  -  Guide  To  Installation, by Steven
      Dorner; updated by Paul Pomes.
      The CCSO  Nameserver  -  A  Programmer's  Guide,  by  Steven
      Dorner; updated by Paul Pomes.
      ph(1)

AUTHOR
      Parts written by Steven Dorner ([email protected]), Qual-
      comm, Inc.  (formerly at the University of Illinois  Comput-
      ing and Communications Services Office)

      Parts derived from the CSNET Name Server.

      Code  is  now  maintained  by Paul Pomes ([email protected]),
      University of Illinois Computing and Communications Services
      Office.



                           30-Jul-1992                      QI(8L)

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