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On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Landon Boyd wrote:
>
> The following variables are in CCN vars but not in the distribution, and
> do NOT show up in the source browser. Should I assume that there's no
> need to put these in the distribution?
>
> ABBREV
used in the definition of IP_SUPERGROUP, recently added
and used in domkip; should be only a few characters,
all lower case; will be used more in the future in forming
VCN specific group names and aliases (like ccn-tech, ccn-ipadm)
> EDQUOTA
used in lib/passwd_edit -- should be the full path of edquota,
if on the system
> IP_SUPERGROUP
see ABBREV above
> ORGANIZATION
I don't know -- maybe necessary for news postings to
from the right place, rather than the organization of the
news host
> PWDFIELDS
used in one of the account creation programs; set to null
string if the password file has the traditional 7 fields
or set to ":::" if it has additional fields as in the BSD 4.4
implementation
> TECH_HELP
don't know, but I seem to recall using it somewhere
> VARS_READ
I don't think this is necessary
> VIPW
I don't think we use this anymore
> These are variables which did show up the source browser. Should I add
> these to vars-sfx with the CCN values as default?
Why not put in explanatory strings rather than CCN defaults?
>
> BANK_ACCOUNT
Used in preparing bank deposits: set to you bank account #
> FINANCE_ALIAS
account to which deposit reports are set
> IP_CHAIR
mail address for Iformation Providers Committee Chair
> MASTER_PASSWD
set to /etc/passwd if traditional, /etc/master.passwd if
BSD 4.4
> MEM_CHAIR
membership committee chair mail address -- used as sender
membership mail, both initial account setup and expiry
reminders
> MEM_CHAIR_LOGIN
just the account of the membership chair
> MKPASSWD
full path of mkpasswd if BSD 4.4 passwd file is used
> NEWALIASES
full path of newaliases program to rebuild aliases database
> NNTPSERVER
hostname of News server
> OPERATOR_ALIAS
the mailing address for routine system status reports
> STATS_ALIAS
mailing address for statistics reports
> SYS_ALIASES
space separated list of hostnames by which the host is known
David Trueman,
Systems Manager, Dalhousie Math, Stats and Computing Science
Technical Chair, Chebucto Community Net
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