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- From: muegel@rtsg.mot.com (Michael S. Muegel)
- Subject: Re: NetInfo from tty login
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.210035.4369@rtsg.mot.com>
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- Organization: Corporate Computer Services & Support, Motorola, Inc.
- References: <BtoGJK.284@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 21:00:35 GMT
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- Previously, jbradsha@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jonathan Bradshaw) wrote:
- >This is undoubtably obvious (I hope) but neither I nor the syadmin of the
- >NeXT machine know how the NetInfo stuff can be changed from a root login
- >via telnet. It's no problem when logged into the console with the GUI
- >editor but is there anyway to put new entries in the mount list etc. from
- >remote? I checked the FAQ and didn't see anything about this and manuals
- >seem to only geared from console logins.
-
- Could you use some hacked up nidump/niload scheme? I.e. use nidump to get
- the info, edit it, and them pop it back into NetInfo land via niload.
-
- -Mike
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- -Michael S. Muegel <mmuegel@mot.com>
- UNIX Applications Startup Group
- Corporate Computer Services and Support
- Motorola, Inc.
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