<emarshal@logic.net> wrote:
Another question, sort of related...why aren't ARIN and InterNIC doing referral whois back and forth?
I don't know. Use root.rwhois.net instead. Now if I could just find where they've hidden the V1.5 client my queries wouldn't look so ugly ... Connecting to [root.rwhois.net] port [4321] -> config file server Connnection made to root.rwhois.net port 4321 connection took 0.00 second RWhois Server at root.rwhois.net version V-1.5:003eff:00 Sending [RWhois V-1.0 (InterNIC V-1.0BETA5)] instruction to the server <ERROR> Client and server version incompatible (At that my 1.0BETA9.2 client is patched, otherwise it waits many seconds before declaring that the server doesn't appear to be an RWhois server.) The patches I've applied to 1.0BETA9.2 are: (the waitresult.c patch is crap, but it makes the client work better for me, YMMV) --- client/waitresult.c.old Wed Sep 25 16:34:32 1996 +++ client/waitresult.c Wed Mar 4 04:49:54 1998 @@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ /* first determine that it is an RWhois server */ - if(!strncmp( retline, "%RWhois", 7)) + if(!strncmp( retline, "%RWhois", 7) + || !strncmp( retline, "%rwhois", 7)) { @@ -172,8 +173,9 @@ if( verbose ) printf("\nRWhois Server ... can't id version will continue"); - sprintf( outbuffer, "RWhois V-%s (InterNIC V-%s)", - SPEC_VERSION, IMP_VERSION); + /* sprintf( outbuffer, "RWhois V-%s (InterNIC V-%s)", + SPEC_VERSION, IMP_VERSION); */ + sprintf( outbuffer, "holdconnect on"); send_command( outbuffer); control_pannel[CP_PROMPT] = SET_WAIT; --- client/procargs.c.old Tue Sep 24 14:16:04 1996 +++ client/procargs.c Wed Mar 4 04:49:54 1998 @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ tmpline[0] = NullCH; + if( argv) while( *argv) { upper( *argv); --- client/procrc.c.old Mon Jul 8 13:17:23 1996 +++ client/procrc.c Wed Mar 4 04:49:54 1998 @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ char *cfile; { FILE *fp; -char temp[MAXLINE]; -char cmd[10], act[80], act1[80]; +char temp[MAXBUFF]; +char cmd[MAXLINE], act[MAXLINE], act1[MAXLINE]; int servnum = 0; int limit; char line[MAXLINE]; @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ } else if(!strncmp( cmd, "FORWARD", 7)) { + upper( act); if(!strncmp( act, "ON", 2)) { default_forward = FORWARD_ON; --- common/misc.c.old Wed Aug 7 13:48:21 1996 +++ common/misc.c Wed Mar 4 04:49:54 1998 @@ -380,12 +380,18 @@ char *program; char *param; { +#ifndef __linux__ int errno = 0; +#endif extern char **environ; char *myenviron[MAX_SET]; char *argv[MAX_SET]; char buf[MAX_LINE]; int i, pid; + +#ifdef __linux__ + errno = 0; +#endif signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN); signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_IGN);