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GroupList
The following is a explanation of the three options for the
groups.
Group This field designates the group. An undefined group
must be selected from the list of possible groups
(0-255).
Name This field contains the name of the group. An
example of a group name might be "WINNET file
distribution".
Mask This field contains a mask, which is similar to a
file specification used to determine which group an
automatically added fileecho should belong to. The
mask may contain the wildcards '*' and '?'. ALLFIX
will try select the group with the best match.
For example: Consider the following two masks:
"TIC*" and "TIC*ST". ALFIX will select the group
with the second mask if a new fileecho is
automatically added with the name "TICTEST".
UPLINKS
New fileechos can be requested with the help of the AreaMgr. If an
unknown area is requested, XRaid can automatically request that area from
one of the available uplink systems (ie. one of the systems where files
are received from). Those uplink systems can be configured within this
menu.
The uplink system is very easy to use. When an unknown area is requested,
XRaid will select a system defined in the uplink manager to request the new
area from. XRaid will only send an uplink request for a new area if the
requesting node has the "forward requests" option set to "Yes". If that
option is not set to yes, then XRaid will tell the node that the area is
unknown. Whenever an area is successfully requested, then XRaid will
inform the user that the area has been requested from the uplink system.
The selection process is a bit complex. An fileecho areas list can be
defined for each uplink system. XRaid will scan through those lists until
it finds the requested area. The person requesting the new area must have
access to at least one of the groups defined for the uplink system,
otherwise XRaid will skip that uplink system. If the requested area is
found in one of the fileecho areas listings, then the area will be
requested. If the area is not found, then XRaid will request the new
fileecho area from the first uplink system that has the unconditional flag
turned on and at least one group to which the requesting system has access.
Information about the requesting system will be stored in the XRaid.DAT
file. When the first files are received in the new fileecho area, XRaid
will automatically add the new fileecho area to the configuration and add
the requesting system(s) (since more than one system may request the new
area before the first files have been received) to the systems list. XRaid
will determine the group and the default fileecho settings by selecting a
group from the group manager. More details about the group manager and how
groups are chosen can be found in section 6.5.4. The fileecho description
used in the new fileecho is selected in the following order:
1 From the .TIC file if the "areadesc" verb is available.
2 From the fileecho area listing if the area was found in one
of the listings and a description was included.
3 From the group defaults, if a group was selected (see section
6.5.4 about the group manager for more details).
There are two formats supported for the fileecho areas listing.
The first format consists of a list of fileechos and the
corresponding descriptions.
Example: [fileecho] [description]
The second format is the format used by the FILEBONE.NA file:
Example: Area [fileecho] [priv level] [locks] [description]
Following is a description of all the fields.
Uplink system The network address of the uplink system.
AreaFix program
The name that XRaid should write the uplink
request to. For example, the string "XRaid",
without quotes, should be entered for uplink
systems using XRaid.
Password The passord that XRaid should put on the subject
line of the uplink request.
Add '+' prefix Should XRaid add a '+' in front of fileecho tags.
Most modern AreaMgr programs do not require a '+',
but including it should not cause any problems.
Authorized groups
The requesting node must have access to at least
one of these groups.
Unconditional Forward all requests to this uplink, as long as the
requesting system has access to one of the groups.
XRaid will first look in the Areas file (see next
option). If the area is listed in that file, then
XRaid will use the description from that area as
the description for the new fileecho (please see
the priorities concerning the new description,
explained above). This option is only available in
the registered version.
Areas filename File containing a list of the fileecho tags that
are available from this system.
File format This is the type of fileecho areas listing that is
being used. Please see the paragraph above for the
supported formats. The fileecho areas listing must
be stored in the directory configured in the
Pathnames (part 2) menu (see section 6.3.3).
Origin address The aka to use for any uplink requests. XRaid can
not rely on AKA matching because fileechos from
more than one zone may be received from one system
and the AreaMgr requests may need to originate from
different AKA's in order to signal the zone for the
requested area.
Direct Use the direct flag for uplink request messages.