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From: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: directory servers
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.232832.4940@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 91 23:28:32 GMT
Reply-To: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr)
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Thanks a lot to all who replied. It looks like I'm clearly (!) looking for
whois. I didn't know the database and server can be local - I thought it
always queried the SRI machine (should have read the man...)

It's still a bit complicated for what I had in mind, and aside from the Mac
ClientDA (I *think* it can do whois) I don't know of any PC clients, but
it's a start. Thanks again!

-- 
Eric Behr, Illinois State University, Mathematics Department
Internet: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu    Bitnet: ebehr@ilstu