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Index of Subjects Hi Ed! On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Edward Dyer wrote: > 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?) Ahh! > Since the accounts in question had never been used, there was no > entry for the search routine to find :-( Ah, so this is what accounts for my inability to locate them > 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. The problem was, that this time there was even no IPDB entry so I had no idea what logins even to look for. > 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. No, it's of no help in this regard. > 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. I see. Well I have no access to these tools. Thanks for the information! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Christopher Majka <aa051@chebucto.ns.ca> Editor-in-Chief: Chebucto Community Net - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada URL = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Home.html _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.
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