NAME

hostedit - edit GNUspool host table


SYNOPSIS

hostedit [ -o file ] [ -s arg ] [ -I ] [ file ]


DESCRIPTION

hostedit is a simple curses-based program to edit host tables for /etc/gnuspool.hosts, the host table for GNUspool.

It knows about local addresses (selecting the correct IP address for a machine with different IPs on different networks), Windows clients, DHCP, trusted hosts, manual connections, probes and timeouts.

Input is taken from standard input unless a file name is given, and output is to standard output unless the -o option is given.

Normally this would be run as follows:

        hostedit -o /tmp/hostfile /etc/gnuspool.hosts
        cp /tmp/hostfile /etc/gnuspool.hosts
        rm /tmp/hostfile

You will usually have to stop and restart GNUspool after you have done this so that all parts of the system ``know'' about the new hosts, however this may not be necessary in all cases, you may only have to ``kill -1'' the process id of the xtnetserv process.


OPTIONS

-o file

Output to the named file rather than Standard Output

-s char

Where char is h or i, sort display by host name or by IP address.

-I

Edit in place; a file argument must be given.


COMMANDS

The following command keys are used from within the screen displayed by hostedit. As with other GNUspool commands, any commands which operate upon an existing item will do so with the item to which the cursor is moved.

k or cursor up

Move cursor up.

j or cursor down

Move cursor down.

N or next page

Scroll down a screenful.

P or previous page

Scroll up a screenful.

q

Quit and write hosts file.

a

Create a new hosts entry.

c

Edit the selected hosts entry.

d

Delete the selected hosts entry.

l

Edit the local hosts entry.

u

Set the default user name for DHCP clients.


AUTHOR

John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.