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default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
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+<P>or, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns ..
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="ss3.2">3.2 Allowing telnet connects from users</A>
</H2>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-client.pl login telnet
+./client.pl login telnet
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<P>You should get a login prompt and on issuing a callsign, you will be given
1.33. Earlier versions required the callsign to be in upper case.
<P>
<P>That is now set, it is as simple as that. To prove it, login on yet another
-console as sysop and issue the command ...
+console as sysop, cd to spider/perl and issue the command ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-client.pl gb7baa (using the callsign you set as a node)
+./client.pl gb7baa (using the callsign you set as a node)
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-client.pl gb7baa
+./client.pl gb7baa
PC38^GB7MBC^~
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there will be no way you can stop it.
<P>
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.7">3.7 Automating things</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>Ok, you should now have DXSpider running nicely and allowing connects by cluster
-nodes or users. However, it has to be shutdown and restarted manually and if
-connection scripts fail they have to be started again manually too, not much use
-if you are not at the console! So, in this section we will automate both.
-Firstly starting the cluster.
-<P>
-<H3>Autostarting the cluster</H3>
-
-<P>This is not only a way to start the cluster automatically, it also works as a
-watchdog, checking the sanity of DXSpider and respawning it should it crash for
-any reason. Before doing the following, shutdown the cluster as you did earlier.
-<P>
-<P>Login as root and bring up the /etc/inittab file in your favourite editor. Add
-the following lines to the file near the end ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-##Start DXSpider on bootup and respawn it should it crash
-DX:3:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>
-<P>This will automatically start DXSpider on tty7 (ALT-F7) on bootup and restart
-it should it crash for any reason.
-<P>
-<P>As root type the command <EM>telinit q</EM>. DXSpider should start up
-immediately. You will see the output on tty7 and if you login as <EM>sysop</EM>
-you should find everything running nicely.
-<P>
-<P>So far so good, now to automate script connections...
-<P>
-<H3>The crontab file</H3>
-
-<P>Login as <EM>sysop</EM> and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab.
-Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included
-a comment)
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not
-# start a connect job going
-
-0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') if !connected('gb7xxx')
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>
-<P>The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are
-going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if
-gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not,
-then a connect attempt will be started.
-<P>
-<P>There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file for.
-If you want to know more about it, look at the
-<A HREF="http://www.dxcluster.org/cron.html">DXSpider</A> website
-at the cron page where it is explained more fully.
-<P>
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