Search-user (was Re: [Fwd: Newfoundland's Grand Banks]

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:00:44 -0400 (AST)
From: Edward Dyer <aa146@chebucto.ns.ca>
To: Christopher Majka <nextug@is.dal.ca>
cc: CCN Office <office@chebucto.ns.ca>, CCN Information Provider Committee <ccn-ip@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Hi Chris,

Search-user only finds accounts that have a Profile.html or possibly
other files in their public_html folder.

But here's the catch: the Profile.html file (and its folder if
necessary) are only created on first login; and thereafter indexed
when the index robot runs (overnight?)

Since the accounts in question had never been used, there was no
entry for the search routine to find :-(

If you know the login id(s) (az210, az260, az285, in this case) you
could try putting those in the to or cc field of a mail message, and
see if Pine responds by putting in the full name when moving
off the address line.  The necessary information for this lookup
goes into the system when the account is activated by the office.

I'm not sure if the IPdb Tool can look up names that are not
previously in the IP database, but that is as close to being able to
search the namedb as you can get with the editors' access privilege
set.  Perhaps finger would reveal something though, as it can search
based on name or account.

Otherwise, one needs one of the search tools that the office uses to
lookup names in the namedb.

Ed

Ed Dyer aa146@chebucto.ns.ca   (902) H 826-7496  CCN Postmaster
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa146/    W 426-4894  CSuite Technical Workshop
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On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Christopher Majka wrote:

> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:10:42 -0400 (AST)
> From: Christopher Majka <nextug@is.dal.ca>
> To: CCN Office <office@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Cc: "B. Crant" <crant@ns.sympatico.ca>,
>     CCN Information Provider Committee <ccn-ip@chebucto.ns.ca>,
>     Don Tate <az260@chebucto.ns.ca>,
>     Barbara Mcgrath <az285@chebucto.ns.ca>,
>     Bill Crant <az210@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Newfoundland's Grand Banks]
> 

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