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Dnos Diary Day Two

Dinosaur or Mammal?
-------------------

I type...

nos486.exe

just to see what happens.

A screen pops up which looks a bit like
KA9Q when its going to dial except there
are differences:....


13:33:31 00832/179520
BBS:
0 Command:
DNOS version 1.5 (80486)
A very usable version of JNOS1.10m
hacked to death to create DNOS1.7
by giolla@maghmell.demon.co.uk
Copyright 1991 by Phil Karn (KA9Q) and contributors.
EMS detected.
XMS detected.
Can't read /autoexec.nos: No such file or directory
Net > exit
S#  Type    PCB  Remote socket         Owner
128 File    5cd2 stdout                6d50 cmdintrp
Are you sure?


Im certain!
So, it tells the time, :-) , and BBS - hummm -
is this something to so with us Demonaughts
each having our own Virtual Webpage Server
nowadays? What exactly is a Virtual Webpage
Server by the way? *Sounds* like an internet
BBS sort of thing. Perhaps.
See Phil Karn still gets a mention.
So this is what it *should look like at the net>
prompt - if it was running - 
"Cant read/autoexec.nos" - wonder what Rob
has to say in his Diff.txt.......


"Diff's of sutoexec.net to make sutoexec.nos
If you aren't using the standard autoexec.net you may find other
differences.

32c32
< log C:\HELL\SPOOL\NOS.LOG
---
> #log C:\HELL\SPOOL\NOS.LOG
35a36
> smtp usemx on
37c38
< smtp wait 20
---
> smtp t4 20
43c44
< mbox motd "IP ==> [158.152.121.107]   Leave msg using:   S "
---
> motd "IP ==> [158.152.121.107]   Leave msg using:   S "
48,50c49,51
< smtp verbose on
< smtp delay 1
< smtp beep on
---
> #smtp verbose on
> #smtp delay 1
> #smtp beep on
54c55
< domain suffix demon.co.uk
---
> domain suffix demon.co.uk.
77c78
< ppp sl0 idle 240 exit
---
> #ppp sl0 idle 240 exit
80,82c81,83
< time min 10
< time max 3900
< time server 158.152.1.69        
---
> #time min 10
> #time max 3900
> rdate server 158.152.1.69        
92c93
< time auto on
---
> #time auto on     "


Ive noticed new directories have appeared
of their own volition on my *C* drive (not in
my Dnos directory) called:

finger  -  empty
logs  -  a few entries from opening nos486 

spool  - contains these subdirectories:

help  -  empty
mail  -  empty
news  -  empty
rqueue  - empty
signatur  -  empty

Shouldnt these all be in my new Dnos
Directory - like the way my KA9Q works - or is this
what Rob means by "new file structure"?
Rob says Dnos can be used as a stand-alone
programme - but its smaller than KA9Q - ?
Empty help?
And how about those 111 files back in Dnos
itself ? - Here they are....


 Directory of C:\DNOS

.            <DIR>         22/08/96   16:18
..           <DIR>         22/08/96   16:18
!                       49 19/08/94    4:39
ABORT                  580 10/08/94    7:33
ARP                  2,273 10/08/94    2:18
ASYSTAT              2,938 17/09/95   22:54
AT                     904 17/06/95    0:57
ATTACH               7,979 01/07/95    1:26
ATTENDED               208 14/08/94    3:05
CD                     457 10/08/94    7:42
CLOSE                1,435 10/08/94    7:43
CLS                     56 10/08/94    7:43
COMM                   578 26/04/95    0:23
COPY                   146 14/08/94    4:04
DELETE                 150 10/08/94    2:32
DETACH                 271 14/08/94    3:07
DIALER               5,022 26/06/95    4:06
DIR                    381 14/08/94    3:07
DISCONNE               853 14/08/94    3:08
DOMAIN              16,232 10/08/96   14:45
DOMAIN   TXT        13,524 31/12/95    7:41
DUMP                   474 31/10/94    5:16
ECHO                 2,037 14/08/94    3:10
EOL                    594 10/04/95   22:31
ESCAPE                 340 06/08/95    2:18
EXIT                   966 21/02/95    4:52
FINGER               3,259 31/10/95    4:57
FKEY                 1,099 30/12/95    6:23
FTP                  5,363 09/12/94    0:11
FTPCLZW                145 14/08/94    5:05
FTPSLZW                103 14/08/94    5:06
FTPTDISC               310 14/08/94    4:11
FTYPE                  173 14/08/94    3:18
HELP                10,661 09/06/95    0:07
HISTORY                519 09/11/94    6:07
HOP                  1,638 28/02/96   18:34
HOSTNAME               639 14/08/94    3:25
ICMP                 2,107 08/12/95    6:18
IFCONFIG             9,668 31/08/95    3:57
INDEX                  168 10/08/94    2:41
INFO                    86 10/08/94    7:49
INLINE                 737 21/05/95    9:14
IP                   4,878 29/11/95    6:51
ISAT                   271 10/08/94    7:49
KICK                   252 14/08/94    3:28
LOG                    135 14/08/94    3:30
LZW                    867 16/08/94    5:23
LZWLINK                229 08/03/95   20:06
MAIL                   191 10/08/94   23:23
MBOX                12,760 21/11/95    6:29
MEMORY               4,579 02/08/95    1:49
MKDIR                   93 14/08/94    3:30
MORE                   505 14/08/94    3:32
MOTD                   254 13/03/95    1:35
MULTITAS               777 10/08/94   23:24
NNTP                 3,496 24/08/94    4:07
PARAM                1,429 10/08/94    2:53
PAUSE                  239 14/08/94    4:37
PING                 1,054 16/09/94    3:05
PKSTAT                 560 19/02/95   18:58
PPP                  9,256 05/01/96    6:12
PROMPT                 243 19/08/94    4:12
PS                   1,864 10/08/94    2:55
PWD                     69 14/08/94    3:43
RARP                   534 14/08/94    3:45
RDATE                  920 25/03/95   16:33
RECORD                 694 10/08/94   23:25
REMARK                 113 20/07/95    5:28
REMOTE               1,941 06/11/94   18:56
RENAME                 161 14/08/94    3:49
RESET                  607 10/08/94   23:26
REWRITE              1,785 28/12/94   16:47
RIP                 14,128 11/02/95    3:19
RLOGIN                 231 10/08/94    7:51
RMDIR                  167 14/08/94    3:49
ROUTE                5,186 10/12/95    5:04
SESSION              2,315 29/12/94    6:07
SHELL                  631 10/08/94    3:02
SKICK                  173 10/08/94    3:02
SMTP                 6,026 10/08/96   15:19
SOCKET                 489 10/08/94    3:04
SOURCE                 276 14/08/94    3:53
START                  720 20/02/95    0:08
STATUS                 218 10/08/94    7:54
STOP                   191 14/08/94    3:55
STRACE                 152 14/08/94    4:16
SYSOPBUS               275 26/06/96   11:41
SYSOPNAM               481 24/04/96   11:03
TAIL                   178 10/08/94    3:06
TAILLOG                 84 14/08/94    4:59
TAILMAIL                77 29/12/94    6:13
TCP                  7,610 12/12/95    6:06
TELNET                 307 14/08/94    3:57
THIRD-PA               522 07/07/95    3:49
TIP                    883 10/08/94   23:28
TRACE                1,700 04/07/95   23:28
TTYLINK                160 14/08/94    3:58
UDP                     78 10/08/94    3:08
UPLOAD                 993 10/08/94   23:29
WATCHDOG               526 29/11/95    0:42
WRITE                  499 10/08/94    3:09
WRITEALL               205 10/08/94    3:09
NOS486   EXE       223,640 21/08/96   16:15
NOS086   EXE       233,784 21/08/96   16:05
NOS      CFG         3,317 16/05/96   14:28
TIP                    883 10/08/94   23:28
TRACE                1,700 04/07/95   23:28
TTYLINK                160 14/08/94    3:58
UDP                     78 10/08/94    3:08
UPLOAD                 993 10/08/94   23:29
WATCHDOG               526 29/11/95    0:42
WRITE                  499 10/08/94    3:09
WRITEALL               205 10/08/94    3:09
NOS486   EXE       223,640 21/08/96   16:15
NOS086   EXE       233,784 21/08/96   16:05
NOS      CFG         3,317 16/05/96   14:28
NET      RC            327 11/03/96   17:59
DIFF     TXT           858 21/08/96   16:28
DESC     FTP           467 28/02/94    8:24
MESSAGE  FTP           240 18/02/94   12:26
20AUG96                136 20/08/96   17:36
README   TXT         2,075 21/08/96   16:52

Robs been busy.
Some of these seem familiar, they re net>
prompt commands but sysopnam - never seen
that before - I said this has something to do with
BBS.
Watchdog? - Ofnet (!) ?
Deep Thought Mode = On
If dnos486.exe cant find the file /autoexec.nos:
no such file or directory, then Ive got to find it
for it and put it in a place where it can find it -
yes? Simple. Right where is it?
Ferrets about in nos.cfg....


#SAMPLE: these are the defaults used.
#These are new names for the various files and directories used in nos.
#To use them, run nos as 'nos -fnos.cfg'
#If you don't change a particular filename, you should comment out each
#unneeded line, since they allocate memory for the new name.

#lines need to be either comments (starting with #)
#or have a valid 'file=filename' format.
#(lines are NOT case sensitive.)
#all others are ignored; this allows for different compiles to
#use the same files-configuration file...
#both spaces or tabs can be used as separators.

#921125 - WG7J

#the autoexec file containing system setup
Startup = /autoexec.nos

#the user permission file
Userfile = /ftpusers

#the initial permission file used when adding a new user
InitPerms = /perms.nos

#the ftp host file for auto-login
Hostfile = /net.rc

#the spool directory
Spoolqdir = /spool

#the mail log file
Maillog = /var/adm/mail.log

#the directory where local mail gets delivered
Mailspool = /spool/mail

#the directory where mail gets queued for the smtp daemon to handle
Mailqdir = /spool/mqueue

#the directory where the logs are kept
LogsDir = /var/adm

#this should have same path as the above!!
Mailqueue = /spool/mqueue/*.wrk

#if you route mail, here is goes
Routeqdir = /spool/rqueue

#the mail alias file
Alias = /alias

#the domain.txt file
Dfile = /domain.txt


#directory where finger files go
Fdir = /finger

#the file where the finger database is maintained
Fdbase = /finger/dbase.dat

#the file where the mail daemon searches for full user names
Pdbase = /spool/names.dat

#the list of areas on the system
Arealist = /spool/areas

#mailbox message of the day
Motdfile = /spool/motd.txt

#mail rewrite rules
Rewritefile = /spool/rewrite

#user signatures go here
Signature = /spool/signatur

#Bulletin ID's go here
Historyfile = /spool/history

#Mailbox help files go in this directory
Helpdir = /spool/help

# Console/Sysop commands help files go in this directory
CmdsHelpdir = /help

#the user defaults file (created by system)
#NOTE: UDefaults and UDefbak have to be ON THE SAME DRIVE !!!
UDefaults = /spool/users.dat

#backup of the above
UDefbak = /spool/users.bak

#Registration help file
Mreg = /spool/mreg.txt

#Convers user info file; notice that default is the same as Fdbase file !
Cinfo = /finger/dbase.dat

#Covners MOTD file
ConvMotd = /spool/convmotd.txt

#pop users are listed in this
Popusers = /popusers

#FTP message of the day
Ftpmotd = /spool/ftpmotd.txt

#BBS forward file
Forwardfile = /spool/forward.bbs

#saved netrom routes go here
Netromfile = /netrom.sav

#these commands get executed on exit
Onexit = /onexit.nos

#expire command file
Expirefile = /spool/expire.dat

#NNTP directory
Newsdir = /spool/news

#NNTP access file
Naccess = /spool/news/access

#NNTP active file
Active = /spool/news/active

#NNTP pointer file
Pointer = /spool/news/pointer

#NNTP info
NInfo = /spool/news/info

#NNTP help
Nhelp = /spool/news/help

#NNTP message history file
History = /spool/news/history

#NNTP forward
Forward = /spool/news/forward

#NNTP poll
Poll = /spool/news/poll

#GOPHER directory
Gopher = /gopher

#HTTP directory
Http = /pub_html


type startup at the dnos net. prompt?
Lets try...
No. Well then lets try typing startup at 
C:\>DINOS....
No
Lets have a look at the help file then...
........Goodness me,
Robert *has* been busy!
(to be continued)

...Bill
-- 
William Howard
william@billkath.demon.co.uk