Introduction
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This is a collection of utilities written for the Oxford University
Computer Society Network - Running RedHat Linux (v4.1 on kernel 2.0.27).
You may, or may not, find them of some use.
For more info on the utilities, read the supplied man pages.

INSTALLATION:
1) If you don't want to install into /usr/local/(bin|man), then change the
   appropriate variables in the Makefile.
2) Follow instructions below for each utility. (`make install' will
   install everything)

help
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This perl script can be used to provide a handy help system with an
interactive prompt. Help files are simply text files stored in an
appropriate directory.

INSTALLATION:
1) If you want the help texts elsewhere than /usr/local/lib/help then
   change the approporiate variables in `help' and `Makefile'
2) If you want the group for help text admins to be other than `wheel'
   then change HELPGRP in the Makefile (or set it to `root' if desired)
3) Edit (help|welcome).txt if required (or do this later)
4) make install_help

lg and td
~~~~~~~~~
If you have several sysadmins working on the same machine(s), then having
some sort of logfile where important changes are recorded is very helpful.
Similarly a TODO file can list things that need doing and who by.
lg and td are shell scripts to help maintain these files.

INSTALLATION:
1) If you want other than /var/admin/log and /var/admin/TODO as the
   default files for td and lg then change the apropriate variables in the
   shell scripts.
2) Set LOGGRP in the Makefile to the group owning (and with write access
   to) the log/TODO files.
3) make install_lg-td

mailname
~~~~~~~~
Checks the etc/userdb file used by sendmail to list a users
incoming/outgoing email address (no use if you don't use /etc/userdb)

INSTALLATION:
1) ensure that /etc/userdb is world readable (unless this bothers you for
   security reasons, in which case forget it.)
2) make install_mailname

ftp-dir
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Creates a directory in the public ftp area to which the user has write
access. Currently requires /etc/userdb exixting and world-readble to
create .message files.

INSTALLATION:
1) Create a new group, such as `ftpadm', with no members (other than
   perhaps sysadmins responsible for the ftp server)
2) Set FTPDIR and FTPGRP in the Makefile to the directory for user
   directories, and the group you just created.
3) make and test if required (binary will be setgid FTPGRP)
4) make install_ftp-dir
