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1.1     ! root        1: This directory contains files to help you set up a public-access directory
        !             2: service on an X29 address.
        !             3: 
        !             4: It assumes the use of x29d, the public-domain X29 listner available from
        !             5: Cambridge University, UK. For details, mail [email protected]
        !             6: with the following message:
        !             7: 
        !             8: Request: catalogue
        !             9: Topic: x25d
        !            10: Request: end
        !            11: 
        !            12: 
        !            13: It may be possible to mount a similar service using other X29 listners
        !            14: or even by using telnet on IP networks to call a special port. Neither
        !            15: option has been tested at Brunel.
        !            16: 
        !            17: Setting up the service:
        !            18: 
        !            19: Make a directory to hold the files. This should be in a stable part of
        !            20: local filestore. At Brunel we use /usr/local/lib/public-widget.
        !            21: 
        !            22: Copy the script 'startup' to the new directory, and also copy 'LOGIN' to
        !            23: .login in the same directory.
        !            24: 
        !            25: Edit 'startup' to give appropriate prompts and messages.
        !            26: If you do not have X installed, you will need to delete the reference
        !            27: to 'xterm'.
        !            28: 
        !            29: Choose the UID and GID that the service will run under.
        !            30: Neither should be used for other purposes.
        !            31: We use numbers in the 9000 range at Brunel. The disadvantage of high numbers
        !            32: is that some system logfiles suddenly grow, so choose lower numbers if
        !            33: possible. On UK Pilot machines, very few UIDs are used, so numbers around
        !            34: 70 would be appropriate.
        !            35: 
        !            36: Create a user in /etc/passwd with the appropriate UID and GID. e.g.
        !            37: 
        !            38: x500x29:*:70:70:Public X500 service:/usr/local/lib/public-widget:/bin/csh
        !            39: 
        !            40: This is more for reference than anything else. Nobody will be using this
        !            41: name to log in.
        !            42: 
        !            43: 
        !            44: Add a line to your x29-auth file similar to the one in x29-auth here.
        !            45: Choose and appropriate X29 address for the service, and make sure that
        !            46: your x29d is listening on that address.
        !            47: 
        !            48: Create the logfile and make it writable by the chosen UID.
        !            49: Make sure that the other files and the directory itself are NOT writable
        !            50: by that UID (e.g. have 'root' own them and do:
        !            51: 
        !            52:        chmod -w * . .login
        !            53: 
        !            54: in that directory.

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