The DXSpider FAQ
Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)
- Version 0.2 July 2000
+ Version 0.5 March 2001
A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
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2.2 How can I monitor traffic to and from a node or user?
2.3 My neighbouring node cannot use the RCMD command to me, he just keeps getting the "tut tut" message.
2.4 I do not seem to be sending any bulletin mail to my link partners, what is wrong?
+ 2.5 How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that are stored?
+ 2.6 I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the users file or the dupefile, what is the problem?
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and can be used at any time to update your Spider software. All the
key files have the suffix .issue (eg. DXVars.pm.issue) at default.
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1\b1.\b.4\b4.\b. I\bI a\bam\bm r\bru\bun\bnn\bni\bin\bng\bg R\bRe\bed\bdH\bHa\bat\bt 5\b5.\b.2\b2 a\ban\bnd\bd I\bI a\bam\bm g\bge\bet\btt\bti\bin\bng\bg s\bst\btr\bra\ban\bng\bge\be e\ber\brr\bro\bor\brs\bs,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs
w\bwr\bro\bon\bng\bg?\b?
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Assuming that the node_call you are changing is gb7adx.
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2\b2.\b.4\b4.\b. I\bI d\bdo\bo n\bno\bot\bt s\bse\bee\bem\bm t\bto\bo b\bbe\be s\bse\ben\bnd\bdi\bin\bng\bg a\ban\bny\by b\bbu\bul\bll\ble\bet\bti\bin\bn m\bma\bai\bil\bl t\bto\bo m\bmy\by l\bli\bin\bnk\bk p\bpa\bar\brt\bt-\b-
n\bne\ber\brs\bs,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs w\bwr\bro\bon\bng\bg?\b?
There is a file in /spider/msg called forward.pl.issue. Rename this
to forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements. You will need to
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+ issue the command _\bl_\bo_\ba_\bd_\b/_\bf_\bo_\br_\bw_\ba_\br_\bd or restart Spider for the changes to
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+ 2\b2.\b.5\b5.\b. H\bHo\bow\bw c\bca\ban\bn I\bI a\bau\but\bto\bom\bma\bat\bti\bic\bca\bal\bll\bly\by l\bli\bim\bmi\bit\bt t\bth\bhe\be a\bam\bmo\bou\bun\bnt\bt o\bof\bf d\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg l\blo\bog\bgf\bfi\bil\ble\bes\bs t\bth\bha\bat\bt
+ a\bar\bre\be s\bst\bto\bor\bre\bed\bd?\b?
+ Use the tmpwatch command. Create a file in /etc/cron.daily/
+ containing the line ...
+ /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -f 240 /spider/data/debug
+ Remember to make it executable!
+ This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days
+ 2\b2.\b.6\b6.\b. I\bI u\bup\bpd\bda\bat\bte\bed\bd m\bmy\by L\bLi\bin\bnu\bux\bx d\bdi\bis\bst\btr\bri\bib\bbu\but\bti\bio\bon\bn a\ban\bnd\bd n\bno\bow\bw S\bSp\bpi\bid\bde\ber\br c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt r\bre\bea\bad\bd t\bth\bhe\be
+ u\bus\bse\ber\brs\bs f\bfi\bil\ble\be o\bor\br t\bth\bhe\be d\bdu\bup\bpe\bef\bfi\bil\ble\be,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs t\bth\bhe\be p\bpr\bro\bob\bbl\ble\bem\bm?\b?
+ Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl. Follow
+ these few steps to correct the problem.
+ +\bo stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab)
+ +\bo cd /spider/data
+ +\bo issue the command perl user_asc
+ +\bo restart the cluster
+ That should solve the problem.