usr/src/old/berknet/TODO

Things to be done:
-1.     Immediate
        1. expand from 26 letters
        2. (from -x) bug (not present on IngVAX, ESVAX, etc.,
                present on C machine)

0.      Bugs:
        netmail cory doesn't work when there is no mail.
        netmail - doesn't work with -n option (use kexecl).
        Files ":fix" should be handled correctly
        -u option correctly sets queue ownership, but netq still shows "root".
        problem on Ing70 where bill logged in, logged off, I logged in
                and bill got my permissions
        bug - a queue file with an extra blank in the front of it on ESVAX
        loop on waits until pid -- NOSC fix
        get the NOSC netstart
        add a check so if the network is having trouble sending things
                it will write/mail to the appropriate person.

1.      Software mods to my source:
        * netdaemon:
          0. add -t and -c (time and count) options to netdaemon
          1. add a flag to force execl rather than using cshell
             to avoid no more processes.
          3. Add statistics on errors.
          4. Add var parm list stuff - list in net.c (boundary condition)
          7. Have an upper and lower bound on "atime"-- start low and add.
          8. add a struct prefix before stat dump struct
          9. write a stats analysis program
        * net
          add a -D option for defining var parm list values (bounadry cond)
          commands too slow-- option to not read .netrc file, use snfromuid
        * netcp:
          Debug three-machine netcp.
          Use -q for 3way netcp (boundary cond).
        * netq - do it with qsort
        * prmail & netmail:
          print the number of messags forwarded
        * sendberkmail:
          should pass remote mmail new options (boundary condition).
          hopcnt error should be fixed by bcoming "cautious"--
          thus hopcnt shoul be checked in mmail, and return a boolean
        * v6mail
          is too slow- use read() and write(), not fread and fwrite
        * mwrite --
                login as network rather than as the user.
        * netrm:
          should handle arguments just like lprm in v7
          what about errors in not finding an inaccesible machine
          add a -m flag to netrm : "netrm -m v -" to remove all for v
          add ability to netrm remote files, just send the username
        * add comment line to initfile and .netrc
        * add getnetworkstatus, etc.  return #entries in netq, #users, uptime,
          and the pct of user&sys time the command got.
        * get user's name from the environment to avoid reading
                the password file
        * in netstatus command, list last login.
        * people don't like the fact that a password from the .netrc file
          gets associated with an overridden login name.

4.      Current Boundaries of compatibility:
        * old mmails don't allow "-" arguments, assume they are names
        * can't change version numbers since others enforce them
        * netcp remote commands don't ignore unknown options.

10.     Structure changes:
        decrease use of global status vars if not necc., use userinfo
                as a local variable.
        make a nrcStruct and have a NrcRead(cfile) subroutine.
        header.c -- move readhd into header.c w/a test
                to see which subrs to call.
        use netcmd(), a subr, instead of /usr/net/bin/net.
        make a readaccess and writeaccess tocall in v6mail and net.