Sponsors Data Accounts Maintenance in general

The alternate page TemplateSponsorDataAccountsCollapsed presents this same information without expanding all the "include" files inline. In some cases that can be easier to skim to find the section (include file) you want.

In particular, it is probably best to look at the TemplateSponsorDataAccountsCollapsed version if you are going to make changes.

Accounts maintenance using the sponsors data data base consists of editing files to specify resource allocations to match the requirements of users and their sponsors. After changes in resource allocation have been specified, specific programs must be run to cause the changes to actually happen.

Most of what you need to do is independent of what individual case you are handling; that will affect only the very central part of the procedure described here. (The part where you actually manipulate the files).

IncludeSponsorsDataPreamble

These notes relate to adding users to groups and servers using the Xhiered Accounts packages. This controls access to "xhiered" machines as well as those using the CS Active Directory for accounts management.

IncludeSponsorsDataRequiredAuthorization

Required authorization

  • Users who need to update accounts need to be in group "sponsor" and group "accounts" on cs-xh-admin.cs.private.uwaterloo.ca
    • That is, in those groups in the CS-GENERAL AD
  • Users who need to manipulate accounts, for example set passwords, in the cs-general region to be in the "accounts" group on cs-general.cs.private. Similarly for any other region.

IncludeSponsorsDataCreatingUserids

Creating Truly New Users (Userids)

Before you can use the sponsors data software to create new accounts for a userid, that userid must be present in the file /software/accounts-userids/data/Userids on the machine cs-xh-admin.cs.private.uwaterloo.ca. Often, but not always, that happens automatically.

If the userinfo command gives results for the userid, then the userid is appropriately present in this file, and you can proceed. (And use the Id Number: indicated by the output as the id number to associate with the userid). If userinfo gives no output for the particular user, more work is needed to get the userid into the file.

The Id Number: will be a student id, employee id, HR id, employee id, or WatIAM "P-number", in that order. In fact, you will see other obscure values listed too. But only the one shown can be used. Users with a lengthy history at UW sometimes have several other values shown as the Other Ids: value; you cannot use any of those values.

In most cases user names and identification numbers already exist, precreated in WatIAM. In other limited cases, the correct thing to do is create a userid which really should, for various reasons, not be put in WatIAM. And occasionally you need to do things to cause the WatIAM account creation.

WatIAM account creation (precreation) is discussed at this link which requires appropriate authentication.

After the WatIAM account has been created, you normally need to wait until the next business day for the new userid to be available for sponsors data. Various technical personnel, including Adrian Pepper, can accelerate that process, however.

If you need to do that yourself, perhaps see Discussion of the Userids File for Experts.

And bear in mind Information about Userids in the Sponsors Data.

IncludeSponsorsDataCreatingUserids

Creating Truly New Groups (gids)

If you are creating a new group to appear in the Active Directory (eg: users_researchgroup), you will need to follow the instructions in CreatingGroupAccounts

IncludeSponsorsDataLocation

Location of Accounts Sponsor files

The accounts files for CS are on the UNIX computer cs-xh-admin.cs.private.uwaterloo.ca

cd /software/accounts-master/data/sponsors

In that directory, or sub-directories beneath it, you will find the file where you need to add information or modify existing information.

You can use a standard text editor to do that.

IncludeSponsorsDataDirectoryOrganization

The following table indicates how the data, on the UNIX computer cs-xh-admin.csprivate.uwaterloo.ca, under the directory

/software/accounts-master/data/sponsors
is organized.

IncludeSponsorsDataDirectoryTableStart

Directory/File NamePurpose
 
IncludeSponsorsDataDirectoryTop
<top> There are no files to edit at the top-level.

There are directories which are recursively processed by sponsor_resources. Directories which begin with a period/dot ('.') are ignored by sponsor_resources. For example, that allows backup copies to be kept here under .old.

Research/
IncludeSponsorsDataDirectoryResearch
Research/ files under Research correspond to an individual researcher or research group. Here resources, or extra resources, for users specifically affiliated with particular researchers can be sponsored. These might be extra disk space (or theoretically printing) for a grad student, or entire accounts for associated or visiting researchers.
REGISTRAR/
IncludeSponsorsDataDirectoryREGISTRAR
REGISTRAR/ files under REGISTRAR "automatically" sponsor resources, based on data received from the registrar's office
REGISTRAR/.DATA/ Don't touch! The accounts-master computer program uses information from the Registrar to put, beneath this directory, lists of students in different classes
REGISTRAR/Grads base resources for Masters and PhD students
REGISTRAR/Undergrads base resources for undergraduate students
REGISTRAR/cs resources linked to enrolment in CS courses
REGISTRAR/se resources linked to enrolment in SE courses
REGISTRAR-YYYYMM/
IncludeSponsorsDataDirectoryREGISTRARyy
REGISTRAR-YYYYMM/ Files under REGISTRAR-YYYYMM, e.g. REGISTRAR-201001 implement the predictable long-term expiry of sponsored resources by freezing the indicated previous terms class (program/year) memberships. Another file there ensures any account created stays until after the drop-add deadline. Occasionally (usually only in fall terms) you will see REGISTRAR-YYYYMMext directories. Read the file .README in such a directory for an explanation of its purpose and how it was created.
CSCF/
IncludeSponsorsDataDirectoryCSCF
CSCF/ files under CSCF facilitate the computing facility
CSCF/admin administrative assistant staff, and many mailing lists
CSCF/consulting this is the MC3017 consultants
CSCF/taskgroups mailing aliases for task-groups
CSCF/technicians CSCF technical staff
CLASSES/
IncludeSponsorsDataDirectoryCLASSES
CLASSES/ files under ClASSES allocate resources for instructors and instructional support staff
CLASSES/CA-cs accounts named after CS courses, e.g. cs100
CLASSES/CA-se accounts named after Software Engineering courses, e.g. se240
CLASSES/TA-cs CS TAs - Tutorial Assistants, not to be confused with Tutors
CLASSES/TA-se SE TAs
CLASSES/Tutors CS Tutors - usually co-op students
CLASSES/automatic/ directory for some conceptually automatically generated files; currently the result of processing Grad Office TA database to produce sponsorship info for TAs
CLASSES/course.work logical supplement to REGISTRAR/cs
CLASSES/instructors Resources for (generally non-faculty) instructors. For sessional instructors, a more appropriate place would be School/Sessionals-YYMM.
School/
IncludeSponsorsDataDirectorySchool
School/ files under School are for non-teaching resource requirements
School/Away-Personnel sponsors expiry period for personnel, to keep their account when they leave
School/CS.MathClubs Courtesy email aliases for Math Clubs, etc.
School/CS.Grads extra accounts and mail aliases for grads (not research, e.g. csgsa)
School/CS.UGrad extra accounts for undergrads (currently just csc)
School/Courtesy discretionary accounts for retired faculty, etc.
School/ICR a few accounts for Institute for Computer Research
School/Sessionals-YYMM sessional instructors for term YYMM
School/cs.admin Things which don't fit anywhere else
School/dean.admin CS resources needed by the DOM office
School/se.admin Software Engineering administration and also mail aliases
School/special_events Special Events such as CS days and ACM contests

The files can be changed using a standard text editor. All files are now supposed to be subject to revision control using RCS.

Run sponsor_resources before making changes

IncludeSponsorsDataPreRunSponsorResources

While it is not strictly necessary, it seems a very wise practice to run the sponsor_resources command before you begin to make any changes to the sponsors data.

You should ensure that sponsor_resources is running to completion (that is, not encountering a fatal error) and note whether there are any reported errors. This will help you later distinguish errors you might introduce from the output of this initial run.

If sponsor_resources is failing on fatal errors, and you cannot see how to fix them, you will need to track down someone who can.

Similarly, this precautionary preliminary run of sponsor_resources might help you detect the fact someone else is in the process of making changes at the same time.

The following page gives details of the sponsor_resources command.

Use RCS co command to prepare file for editing

IncludeSponsorsDataEditingRCSout

All files in the sponsor data are now maintained using the RCS set of utilities.

Before using your favourite appropriate text editor to make changes to the file, you must do the following

   cs-xh-admin% rcsdiff _filename_
   cs-xh-admin% co -l _filename_

The rcsdiff is not strictly-speaking necessary, but it is a good habit to get into. It should return no output, meaning that you will not obliterate anyone else's changes. Somewhat similarly, if the co command fails, it may be because another person already has the file locked; you may need to talk to them to resolve that.

Note that before you do the above, the file filename should not be writeable by you; this process modifies the file so you are able to make changes working as your own personal userid (without using super-user). The file might or might not be owned by your personal userid, depending upon who last did make a change to the file.

Sponsors files format; how to make changes

IncludeSponsorsDataEditingTutorial

The sponsors files are divided into sections, delimited by 8 equal-signs, ie: "========" Following that is typically a "Class:" entry which then lists a billing or sponsorship code. These will appear, for instance, in the inventory under the "Sponsorship Code" drop box.

Here's a fictional section of account sponsorship. (actually real region names, but fictional userids and extra group name).

========
Class:  Rmg002
Description: sponsored accounts

====
# Basic accounts with varying SponsorshipEnds ("expiry")
Computing: cs-general.cs.private
Quota: 0G
SponsorshipEnds: 2017/Jan/21
AssignTo: sgamgee
SponsorshipEnds: 2015/Oct/31
AssignTo: ptook mbrandybuck
SponsorshipEnds: 2010/Jan/10
AssignTo: bbaggins
====
# For cs-general.cs.private, parallel accounts are needed on serverus.cs
Computing: serverus.cs
Groups: general_cs
SponsorshipEnds: 2017/Jan/21
AssignTo: sgamgee
SponsorshipEnds: 2015/Oct/31
AssignTo:
        ptook
     mbrandybuck
SponsorshipEnds: 2010/Jan/10
AssignTo: bbaggins

====
# Extra quota
# Samwise needs more room for mpegs
Computing: cs-general.cs.private
SponsorshipEnds: 2017/Jan/21
Quota: 20G 
AssignTo: sgamgee

====
# Extra groups
# bbaggins and ptook belong in group heroes
Computing: cs-general.cs.private
Groups: heroes
SponsorshipEnds: 2017/Jan/21
AssignTo: ptook
SponsorshipEnds: 2010/Jan/10
AssignTo: bbaggins

Note that lines beginning with "#" are comments which the programs (sponsor_resources) ignore; the comment lines are intended to explain things to people reading the sponsorship files. The "====" lines are required, and reset all resource parameters. After that, "Computing: " must appear, specifying an appropriate hostname. The other lines change resource parameters, causing the resources defined when "AssignTo: " is encountered to be assigned to the indicated userids. The examples here are designed to act as a template to explain some possibilities. For a reasonably complete explanation, see the sponsors man page.

If the userids actually existed, and sponsor_resources were run on the above sometime after 2010/Jan/10 but before 2015/Oct/31, the above would result in resource allocation (as indicated by userinfo command) of...

cs-xh-admin% userinfo mbrandybuck
...
Sponsored: computing cs-general.cs.private:  Rmg002(0)
Sponsored: computing serverus.cs:  Rmg002(0;general_cs)
...

cs-xh-admin% userinfo ptook
...
Sponsored: computing cs-general.cs.private:  Rmg002(0;heroes),Rmg002(0)
Sponsored: computing serverus.cs:  Rmg002(0;general_cs)
...

cs-xh-admin% userinfo sgamgee
...
Sponsored: computing cs-general.cs.private:  Rmg002(0),Rmg002(20000000)
Sponsored: computing serverus.cs:  Rmg002(0;general_cs)
...
Note that resources would not be allocated for bbaggins because his SponsorshipEnds date has passed in all cases.

Note that when you specify the userid you should, as described in more detail in SponsorsDataEditingUserids, follow it with a colon, and an appropriate extra id number for redundancy. The userinfo command can be used to determine that id number.

The id will be a student id, employee id, HR id, employee id, or WatIAM "P-number". It may be added once to a Userids: keyword near the beginning of the file, or it may be added to each use in an AssignTo:. For more details see SponsorsDataEditingUserids.

If you omit that id, however, the sponsor_resources command will actually tell you what value to use, and in fact the resources will be allocated. If you use an incorrect value (for example an employee id for a user who has a student id), you will be told what the correct value is, and an error will be generated and the resources will NOT be allocated.

To help make sure we don't slip up and put a real userid:idnumber in one of these pages, we by convention omit :idnumber in all examples.

Note that logical lines can be extended by beginning following lines with spaces, as was done with.

AssignTo:
        ptook
     mbrandybuck
That's deliberately sloppy, to indicate the flexibility of the input format. Normally it's nice to line things up.

Note the common resources for all others, but with additional disk quota for sgamgee and group membership for ptook.

There are a number of common changes one might want to make (usually to fulfill a request from a user or their sponsor).

You could add a new AssignTo: userid in appropriate places to cause new resources to be allocated for that userid on the indicated Computing environments. If one of the existing SponsorshipEnds date is appropriate, you could add the new userid to an existing AssignTo: line. Otherwise you could add new SponsorshipEnds lines as well as new AssignTo lines for the new userid.

You could change the 0G to something else to change quota for all the associated users at once. For example, you could change it to 5G which would give each of them an extra 5G (5 gigabyte) of disk quota.

Aside: After the time this tutorial was first written, base quotas in many regions have been increased to the point that nearly all accounts now are given (extra) quota of 0G.

You could change the date after a SponsorshipEnds to change when the resource sponsorship, and likely whole account(s), expires.

You could add another section like #Extra quota or #Extra groups to add more quota or groups for existing accounts.

More explicit descriptions of how to make changes can be found in SponsorsDataEditingTutorial.

Use RCS ci command to unlock the file so others can edit it

IncludeSponsorsDataEditingRCSin

At this point you must use the RCS utility ci to save a record of your changes, and unlock the file so others can make changes, as follows.

   cs-xh-admin% ci -u _filename_

You will be prompted for a description of your changes. Make it reasonably brief, but meaningingful. A reference to an ST number is often appropriate.

Cautionary Notes About Editing the Sponsors Data

IncludeSponsorsDataEditingCaution
In general you should avoid making easy-to-make mistakes.

Nearly all files found in the directory

   /software/accounts-master/data/sponsors/
and all directories beneath it, will be processed by the sponsor_resources command. Exceptions are files whose name begins with . (dot/period) and files in sub-directories which sub-directories are named RCS. If a subdirectory name begins with . (dot/period) then everything beneath it will be ignored (unless referred to explicitly by other files).

The upshot of that is that you cannot place arbitrary files in these directories, or sponsor_resources will stop working correctly.

When editing the sponsors data files, it can often be convenient to copy and modify previously existing lines to create your new additions. If you do that, make sure you correctly change all relevant SponsorshipEnds dates, or remove them as appropriate. Also make sure you delete or change any comments which are irrelevant in the new context. It's better to leave no comments than leave confusing comments.

Consider that the files are intended to help later readers understand the sponsorship situation; use a few comment lines ("#"), and, in general, put a blank line before each ==== line.

Note that id numbers need to be associated with userids. This can be done directly in the AssignTo line as in

      AssignTo: sgamgee:02020202

Or it can be done in the Userids: section at the top of the file. Only one specific id number can be used for a particular userid. See IncludeSponsorsDataIdNumbers for details.

To help make sure we don't slip up and put a real userid:studentid in one of these pages, we by convention omit :studentid in all examples.

Finally, make sure you remember to use the ci -u command so you leave the file editable by others.

IncludeSponsorResourcesAccountsClient

Run the sponsor_resources program to process the changes

IncludeSponsorsDataRunSponsorResources

Note: everyone who runs the sponsor_resources command should be aware that it is really just a portion of the accounts-master command. If only one procedure needed to be chosen, the correct thing to do is run accounts-master, not sponsor_resources. accounts-master does a superset of what sponsor_resources does. However, after editing sponsors data, sponsor_resources alone is usually sufficient.

sponsor_resources takes the data under /software/accounts-master/data/sponsors and produces per-user requirements in per-machine (actually per-region) files under /software/accounts-master/data/resources. Along the way, it might detect errors in the changes you made. Fix any problems that are reported and keep rerunning sponsor_resources until all your errors have gone away.

In particular, never leave the sponsors data in a state where sponsor_resources does not produce the three lines which begin with FYI:. (The first being FYI: ... computings ...). The error, warnings, notes line can actually have non-zero errors if you can assert they are not a result of your changes. (Corollary; run sponsor_resouces before you even start making changes so you can be sure what noise you did not cause).

Typically you can simply use the command sponsor_resources with no arguments. However, it is often prudent to redirect standard output and error output.

Here is an example of a "bad run":

@cs-xh-admin[140]% sponsor_resources
Error: /software/accounts-master/data/sponsors/Research/Terry line 63: Userid 'bjlafren' is not a standard userid
FYI:  137970(29794) computings, 1292(1274) printers, 530(403) aliases, 0(0) ppps
FYI:  1 error, 0 warnings, (0 notes)
FYI: expired sponsorship entries:  17888 computings, 51 printers, 0 aliases, 0 ppps
handle_group (group_id=1): Found 2 group description lines, expected <= 1
handle_group (group_id=11): Found 2 group description lines, expected <= 1
found 157201 userinfos, 14368 distinct
administration = cscf
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_billcode"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_class"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_member"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_computing"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_printing"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_computing_group"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_mailalias"
TRUNCATE TABLE
@cs-xh-admin[141]%
In this case, sponsor_resources complained because we used the short version of the userid ("bjlafren"), but it always requires the long version (ie: "bjlafreniere").

The following is an example of a "good run":

@cs-xh-admin[143]% sponsor_resources
FYI:  137973(29797) computings, 1292(1274) printers, 530(403) aliases, 0(0) ppps
FYI:  0 errors, 0 warnings, (0 notes)
FYI: expired sponsorship entries:  17888 computings, 51 printers, 0 aliases, 0 ppps
handle_group (group_id=1): Found 2 group description lines, expected <= 1
handle_group (group_id=11): Found 2 group description lines, expected <= 1
found 157201 userinfos, 14368 distinct
administration = cscf
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_billcode"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_class"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_member"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_computing"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_printing"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_computing_group"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_mailalias"
TRUNCATE TABLE
@cs-xh-admin[144]%

Above we have been assuming a small, non-fatal error directly related to the change you made and which you were able to correct.

In extreme cases ("an extremely bad run?") you might end up with something like...

@cs-xh-admin[145]% sponsor_resources
Fatal error: "/software/accounts-master/data/sponsors/Research/yuying" line 89: not SponsorshipStarts, SponsorshipEnds, Quotas, Groups, or AssignTo:  Computing: serverus.cs
@cs-xh-admin[146]%

The Fatal error diagnostic, corroborated by the lack of FYI: ... computings, ... indicate that the sponsors data is severely broken to the extent that the data under /software/accounts-master/data/resources will not have been updated at all. Intended changes will not have taken effect, and, unless someone fixes the problem, future changes will not take effect either. (However, the resource data will remain in the state left by the last successful_sponsor_resources_ ).

Corollary: run sponsor_resources before you begin making changes and make sure the sponsors data was not already in a state like this; if it is, try to track down the most recent change, fix it if it is easy and obvious and in any case alert the person who left the broken state (you may in any case need their help to make some decisions related to the fix).

The diagnostics indicate which file you should look at. Frequently problems occur because of missing ==== lines. But also, having two such lines in a row, even if separated by comments and blank lines, is a guaranteed fatal error, although there's no real reason why it should be. (That is to say, it ought to have been possible at one time to modify the grammar to expect the ==== token and recognize (and mostly ignore) an empty section, but that was never done, and so ==== must always be followed by one of the appropriate keywords as listed in the diagnostic.

Unavoidable extraneous noise

It would be nice if we could tell you to always keep modifying until you have 0 errors but because of details how some automatic data is produced from IST information, that is not always possible. Some things have reached the point where they are actually unresolvable by us. This results in errors which must be ignored, even though you must continue to look for your own errors, and especially for the absence of Fatal error:.

Consequently noise like the following is sometimes unavoidable, and while things may need to be done to work around the indicated problems, the majority of resource data will reflect the most recent changes made.

@cs-xh-admin[145]% sponsor_resources
Error: "/software/accounts-master/data/sponsors/REGISTRAR/cs" line 845: Userid 'ktfrog' should have id number 'hr999007' not '74123456'
Error: "/software/accounts-master/data/sponsors/REGISTRAR/cs" line 868: Userid 'ktfrog' should have id number 'hr999007' not '74123456'
FYI:  137974(29801) computings, 1294(1276) printers, 530(403) aliases, 0(0) ppps
FYI:  2 errors, 0 warnings, (0 notes)
FYI: expired sponsorship entries:  17888 computings, 51 printers, 0 aliases, 0 ppps
handle_group (group_id=1): Found 2 group description lines, expected <= 1
handle_group (group_id=11): Found 2 group description lines, expected <= 1
found 157201 userinfos, 14368 distinct
administration = cscf
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_billcode"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_class"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_member"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_computing"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_printing"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_computing_group"
psql::2: NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "sponsor_mailalias"
TRUNCATE TABLE
@cs-xh-admin[146]%

Path to the "sponsor_resources" command

If you don't happen to have the maintenance commands in your path, the path to the sponsor_resources command is:
/software/accounts-master/maintenance/sponsor_resources

Run the userinfo program to verify your changes

IncludeSponsorsDataRunUserinfo

Run the userinfo command before and after you make your changes to verify that its output reflects your intended changes. More details are here.

Run the accounts-client program

IncludeSponsorsDataRunAccountsClient

accounts-client {hostname, eg:cs-general.cs.private} >& ~/hostname-date &

This will cause the desired changes to actually happen on the appropriate machine (hostname; what is described as "Computing:" in the sponsor file, which may in turn affect a region of machines). /etc/passwd and /etc/group file will be updated if necessary, as will system quota files, and home directories will be created for any newly-created users. The diagnostic output from the job will be written to the given filename in your home directory. eg:

   accounts-client softbase.cs >& ~/softbase-20100208 &
   
If your changes will cause changes on multiple regions, you will need to run the command for each. eg:
   accounts-client student.cs >& ~/student-20100208 &
   accounts-client cs-general.cs.private >& ~/cs-general-20100208 &
   
If you run accounts-client with no name, all known regions are updated. eg:
   accounts-client >& ~/ac-all-20100208 &
   
That can take a long time to finish.

Path to the "accounts-client" command

If you don't happen to have the maintenance commands in your path, the path to the accounts-client command is:
/software/accounts-master/maintenance/accounts-client

Updating Directory Services Domains

Once the sponsor_resources process has run and files under /software/accounts-master/data/resources/computing/have been updated, CSCF Directory Services domains are subsequently updated by cron job. User and group information are revised based upon the information stored in specific files found in the resources/computing subdirectory. At time of writing (Feb 2017), the Directory Services updates are run following the schedule below.
  1. CS-GENERAL domain: 20 minutes past the hour
    • Using the cs-general.cs.private and serverus.cs files.
  2. CS-TEACHING domain: 50 minutes past the hour
    • Using the cs-teaching.cs.private and canadenis.student.cs files.

To force a domain update to run immediately, run the following commands on the xhier admin machine (cs-xh-admin) as root user:

  1. For CS-GENERAL domain:# /software/local_cs-xh-admin.cs.private.uwaterloo.ca/servers/cscf_ad_domain_update cs.uwaterloo.ca
  2. For CS-TEACHING domain:# /software/local_cs-xh-admin.cs.private.uwaterloo.ca/servers/cscf_ad_domain_update student.cs.uwaterloo.ca

Setting the Password

IncludeSponsorsDataSetPassword
Once an account has been created or if someone forgets their password, the password for the account must be (re)set.

For most systems, arrangements will need to be made to set the CS-GENERAL Active Directory password.

Documentation

IncludeSponsorsDataDocumentation

The following traditional UNIX man page documentation describes the sponsors data base in a technical fashion. As you become familiar with how things work in general, you might find this documentation good for checking specific details.

This stopped working a while ago. For now see SponsorsDataAccountsDocumentationBig and search for the command in question. When I get time I'll change the following references to be simply that.


 


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