CSuite Development Workshop - January 27, 1998

January 20, 1997

February 3, 1997

Workshop Index

Topics:

• Login Report
• CCN Account Deletion
• Code Optimization for CSuite
• CCN Upgrade
• csuite Backups

Login Report

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CCN Account Deletion

The script will be installed as a weekly cron job. An additional feature to provide for immediate deletions, e.g. for disciplinary purposes, was proposed.

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Code Optimization for CSuite

First rule for optimization is:

Optimize only where it counts!

• Process creation is expensive
• Shell built-ins are cheap
  • echo
  • set
  • case
  • cd
  • read
  • [ ... ]
• Especially avoid process creation in a loop
• Avoid repeated process creation

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CCN Upgrade

• made dist.
• missing files.
• fails to make lynx Solaris

Autoconf isn't setting up properly for Pine or Lqtext on Solaris, so need to generate

• export pine={lnx|sol}
• export lqtext={linux|sol}

Alternative software: consider licensing, efficiency, portability

• Search engine: e.g. Excite
• Wilma
• Listproc lite
• French majordomo
• French resources: http://w3.cidif.org/

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csuite Backups

To avoid problems with new Chebucto Suite and Linux installations, all PERMANENT files should be removed from the CS_ROOT tree to a safe place.

On Solaris:

/root, and /usr

are vendor supplied, so it is best not to place any local files there.

/local -> /opt

/var

/users

all these are accepted local trees

/csuite

CSuite files

VCN's

These will need to be generalized a bit: under /csuite/vcn/ {info, user, etc, private } mostly on a per VCN basis, but etc will be populated with symlinks to the host CN's files, to provide the option of creating local versions as necessary. Some of the private DB files are global, so special provision needs to be made, e.g. /csuite/system/uid-list. DP will go through the system and make a list, then review it with DT.

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