[Dxspider-support] Importing user files.

[Dirk Koopman]

On 17 Aug 2001 00:06:33 +0100, George Lloyd wrote:
> Is it posssible to import user files into a new setup? I've just
> installed
> spider onto a new(er) machine and would like to transfer user file etc.
> across
> if possible. I can see the export facilty but nothing on import.

Every Saturday night (as I recall) the user file is dumped in ascii as
/spider/data/user_asc. The older ones are renamed, up to five
generations back with an increasing number of .o's.

To do snapshot of the situation 'now' do 'export_user' in a sysop
console window.

To reinstall one of these ascii files (which can be edited with your
favourite editor BTW):-

1) stop the node.
2) perl /spider/data/user_asc
3) restart the node.

If you want to copy the user file across to a new machine then the best
thing to do is:-

1) set up DXVars.pm how you want it 
2) check that the new machine all runs as per the install instructions
3) stop the node
4) copy across the /spider/data/user_asc file
5) perl /spider/data/user_asc
6) /spider/perl/update_sysop.pl
7) restart the node.

Step 6 updates the sysop and node details in the user file with the ones
that are in the DXVars.pm file for this machine.

> 
> Whilst I'm here anyone know if there is a fix for the
> "unregister_netdevice:
> waiting for ax0 to become free" problem when you shut down 2.4.x
> kernels?
> 

Not my dept. I am afraid.

Dirk G1TLH