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Portable DUAs
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Network Working Group T. Tignor
Request for Comments: 1373 ISI
October 1992
PORTABLE DUAs
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
unlimited.
INTRODUCTION
This document comes in two parts. The first part is for regular
people who wish to set up their own DUAs (Directory User Interfaces)
to access the Directory. It includes some brief notes on the
operation of the DUAs and instructions for their creation and
installation. The instructions are given in an easy-to-follow, step-
by-step format. It is fully expected that the user will be able to
perform the necessary operations as he reads through the instructions
for the first time and have a working DUA when he finishes. The
second part is for ISODE-maintainers wishing to provide portable DUAs
to users. This part gives instructions in a similar but longer,
step-by-step format. It is fully expected that the maintainer will be
able to perform the necessary operations as he reads through the
instructions for the first time and have a working DUA
package/supporting service when he finishes.
The document currently has four sub-parts for each larger part. The
sub-parts detail the following DUAs: WHOIS, "de," dixie's "ud" and
ISODE's "doog." It is intended that additional sub-parts will be
added to the document as new, portable DUA packages are designed.
Where pertinent, the document assumes ISODE 8.0 is being used.
1. Instructions for DUA-Users
WHOIS
A WHOIS interface to X.500 may be available on any ISODE-resident
machine which also runs a DSA (Directory System Agent.) Check with
your local, ISODE-maintainer. If the service is available, users can
access the Directory with the following command:
whois -h
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