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-<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Administration</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="s2">2.</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2">Administration</A></H2>
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 How can I get Spider to restart automatically if it crashes?</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2.1">How can I get Spider to restart automatically if it crashes?</A>
</H2>
-<P>Put this line into /etc/inittab ..
+<P>Put this line into /etc/inittab ..</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
DX:3:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop > /dev/tty7
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>Run <EM>telinit q</EM> as root. Spider will restart so be aware. However, any
-time you reboot, cluster.pl will start in tty7 and if it crashes, it should restart ok.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 How can I monitor traffic to and from a node or user?</A>
+time you reboot, cluster.pl will start in tty7 and if it crashes, it should restart ok.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2.2">How can I monitor traffic to and from a node or user?</A>
</H2>
-<P>There are 2 ways to achieve this. You can use the <EM>tail</EM> command like this ..
+<P>There are 2 ways to achieve this. You can use the <EM>tail</EM> command like this ..</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
tail -f /spider/data/debug/167.dat |grep G0VGS
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
<P>or in later versions of Spider, there is a command called <EM>watchdbg</EM> in which
-case you simply type ..
+case you simply type ..</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
watchdbg G0VGS
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 My neighbouring node cannot use the RCMD command to me, he just keeps getting the "tut tut" message.</A>
+</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2.3">My neighbouring node cannot use the RCMD command to me, he just keeps getting the "tut tut" message.</A>
</H2>
<P>Assuming that the permissions are set correctly (perm level 5 required), it could be
that the home_node is set incorrectly. You can reset the home_node using the <EM>spoof</EM>
-command like this ..
+command like this ..</P>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
spoof gb7adx set/home gb7adx
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>Assuming that the node_call you are changing is gb7adx.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 I do not seem to be sending any bulletin mail to my link partners, what is wrong?</A>
+</P>
+<P>Assuming that the node_call you are changing is gb7adx.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2.4">I do not seem to be sending any bulletin mail to my link partners, what is wrong?</A>
</H2>
<P>There is a file in /spider/msg called forward.pl.issue. Rename this to
-forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements. To make the changes
-take effect, use the command load/forward.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.5">2.5 I have set up my partner node with bulletin mail. Now I am sending</A>
-him all my bulletins! How do I stop it?</H2>
+forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements. You will need to issue
+the command <EM>load/forward</EM> or restart Spider for the changes to
+take effect.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.5">2.5</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2.5">How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that are stored?</A>
+</H2>
-<P>Unless you tell Spider otherwise, when you set a node up as a forwarding
-partner it will send all the mail with the bulletin addresses you have
-configured. To stop this happening you need to tell the cluster that
-all mail has already been sent. To do this use the catchup command.
+<P>Use the tmpwatch command. Create a file in /etc/cron.daily/ containing the line ...</P>
<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+/usr/sbin/tmpwatch -f 240 /spider/data/debug
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
+<P>Remember to make it executable!</P>
+<P>This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.6">2.6</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2.6">I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the users file or the dupefile, what is the problem?</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl. Follow these
+few steps to correct the problem.</P>
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.6">2.6 The WWV command does not seem to work.. why is that?</A>
+<UL>
+<LI>stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab)</LI>
+<LI>cd /spider/data</LI>
+<LI>issue the command perl user_asc</LI>
+<LI>restart the cluster</LI>
+</UL>
+</P>
+<P>That should solve the problem.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.7">2.7</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2.7">Since I last updated I seem to be getting duplicate spots appearing.</A>
</H2>
-<P>The WWV command is not supported in DXSpider. This decision has been
-taken as there is a perfectly good automated and accurate WWV posting made
-once per hour from N4TY. In the past, inaccurate postings have been made
-from some users and this will prevent this happening.
+<P>What has probably happened is that the dupefile has got corrupted in
+some way. Simply delete the /spider/data/dupefile and restart the
+cluster. It may take a little time to become fully functional but
+should solve your problem.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.8">2.8</A> <A HREF="spiderFAQ.html#toc2.8">I have deleted a message but it is still there, why?</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>This is now the way messages are handled for deletion in Spider. If you
+look closely you will see a 'D' following the message number. This
+message is marked for deletion and will be deleted in 2 days if nothing
+further is done. Optionally you can use the command <EM>delete/expunge</EM>
+to delete it immediately.</P>
+
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