Most of the information in this manual is prepared at a technical level. In order to carry out the necessary tasks for maintaining an Archie installation, you should have a reasonably strong technical background in UNIX system administration. Thus, it is assumed you feel comfortable with the level of material presented in the books listed at the end of this section.
This manual has been divided into sections to deal with the major steps in getting Archie out of the (virtual) box, and into the working world of your system. The first section present an introduction to the Archie system; subsequent sections deal with Archie installation and configuration.
In this document pathnames are represented in this font. System manual page titles and program names are in bold typeface. Command line entries are prefaced with a ‘%’ sign like this:
New features in the version are indicated by the symbol presented here in the margin.
Sections that start with the symbol displayed here in the margin indicate troubleshooting information. These sections provide a checklist of items to be resolved if trying to locate a problem within the system. Common problems are listed, as are ways to fix them.
The following books describe UNIX systems/networks at the level of expertise expected from an Archie system administrator. They provide excellent reference material if you feel there is some area of expertise in which you require more information.
The Whole Internet User’s Guide and Catalog, Ed Krol, O’Reilly and Associates, Inc., California, USA, 1992. (ISBN 1-56592-025-2)
UNIX System Administration Handbook, Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, and Scott Seebass, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, 1989. (ISBN 0-13-933441-6)
The UNIX Programming Environment, B. W. Kernighan and R. Pike, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, 1984.
UNIX Network Programming, W. Richard Stevens, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, 1990. (ISBN 0-13-949876-1)
Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1, Douglas E. Comer, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA,1991. (ISBN 0-13-468505-9)
Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 3, Douglas E. Comer, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA,1993. (ISBN 0-13-474222-2)
The rest of this manual has been divided into sections to deal with the major steps in getting Archie out of the box and into the working world of your system. It is organized as follows:
“Installing the basic Archie system” on page describes how to get the new Archie software and initially installed on your system.
To properly configure the Archie system for your site, you must have an understanding of the architecture of the Archie system; a discussion of this is presented in “System Overview” on page .
“Configuring the Basic System” on page deals with configuring your Archie software to carry out the tasks you require at your site.
The concluding section, contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the Archie system which you may like to use as your first reference when something seems to go wrong.