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From: mrose@CHEETAH.NYSER.NET (Marshall Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [tcp-ip] X window interface to White Pages
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Date: 11 Apr 90 04:39:20 GMT
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Archive-name: xwp/10-Apr-90
Original-posting-by: mrose@CHEETAH.NYSER.NET (Marshall Rose)
Original-subject: X window interface to White Pages
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Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)

Hi.  Some time ago I sent a note to the list introducing the
NYSERNet/PSI White Pages Pilot Project (a large, distributed white pages
service spanning multiple administrations).  I am pleased to announce
that we have added a new service for anonymous use: X window access to
the White Pages.

The "xwp" application displays the portions of the white pages you find
"interesting", allowing you to both search the white pages and browse:
by clicking on an entry, you can find out about it's children or about
the entry itself.

A PSI Technical Report is available, use anonymous FTP to host
nisc.nyser.net and retrieve four files from directory pilot/ps/.  They
are

	xwp-1.ps
	xwp-2.ps
	xwp-3.ps
	xwp-4.ps

You should be able to print these files on a PostScript.  (If you don't
have FTP-connectivity to the Internet, you are out of luck, you can not
retrieve the technical report.)
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Here's how to try it out:

0. If your X display has access control enabled, you do:

	xhost +wp.psi.com

1. You telnet from an window with terminal type "xterm" to wp.psi.com
and login as fred.

2. You will be asked if X window access is desired.  If so, you enter
the name of your X display.  This should be something like
IP-address:0.0, e.g.,

	192.33.44.20:0.0

3. The telnet process will disappear and an "xwp" window will appear on
your display.
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Caveats:

1. Report any problems to wpp-manager@nisc.nyser.net

2. If you want to join the wpp-users discussion group, send a note to
wpp-request@nisc.nyser.net

3. If you don't have IP-connectivity to the Internet, you are out of
luck, you can not try out this service.

Have fun!

/mtr